Porter Panel

Job Purpose: To perform such duties as may be assigned by the Portering Services Officer/Deputy or such other person as may be designated by the Board.

Duties include:

• Report promptly for duty
• Maintain a high standard of personal hygiene, considering the special nature of the job
• Provide proper care and attention for all patients and staff.
• Collect and deliver Specimens when required
• Lifting, positioning, and walking of patients
• Escorting/transporting patients to other departments and hospitals as required
• Assist with removal of deceased patients to the Mortuary
• Collect and deliver messages throughout the hospital
• Move beds, lockers, and transfer beds from ward to ward as necessary
• Collect refuse, clinical waste, and other rubbish removal as per existing arrangements.
• Change and remove curtains as per existing arrangements
• Check and replace medical gas cylinders on a daily basis
• Report to immediate supervisor on any irregularities that might adversely affect the carrying out of assigned duties.
• Collect and deliver all bloods and blood products.
• Return all equipment (Chairs, Trolley, and Oxygen) to the correct department after use.
• Provide services on an overtime basis within reasonable limits as may be required
• Collect and deliver emergency Stores Supplies outside normal working hours
• Collect and deliver emergency Laboratory Supplies outside normal working hours
• Undertake to maintain a satisfactory standard of work
• Attend training programs that are arranged from time to time
• Comply with the Hospital dress code applicable to Portering Services
• Be familiar with and act in accordance with the health and safety standards of the Hospital
• Be familiar and comply with lifting and handling techniques
• Be familiar and comply with the Hospital Infection Control Policy
• Be familiar and comply with the Hospital fire policy, fire drill, and the Major Disaster plan
• Be familiar and comply with the Hospital policy on waste disposal

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