Porter

As a Porter, your responsibilities will vary. You will:

• Provide a high standard of portering services and housekeeping, escorting visitors and contractors into and around the prison
• Deal with patients, healthcare colleagues and other professionals over the phone and face to face
• Deliver medication between the two sites, as well as taking samples to the local hospital
• Carry out basic admin tasks, including answering calls, scanning, delivering post etc
• Deliver a tidy healthcare area, monitoring and ordering stock as necessary, paying attention to expiry dates and cost of equipment
• Work with the admin team to ensure paperwork is collected form the wings, as well as assisting the pharmacy in the transporting of medication 

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Our new Porter Will Have:

• A full manual drivers license - this is essential as driving is a key part of the role
• Be able to lift and carry items around - there is a lot of manual handling involved
• Have good IT skills - any admin experience would be a bonus!
• Excellent communication skills
• A non-judgmental and compassionate approach
• Able to work within a busy environment

Although not essential ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.