Offer description
Hospital porters are responsible for the moving of patients on stretchers, trolleys, beds and wheelchairs between different locations in the hospital.
Patients need to be moved from the ambulance into the hospital and between the wards operating theatres, delivery rooms and the X-ray section. Hospital porters also need to move patients who have just undergone surgery and are often still anaesthetised, from operating tables to trolleys and then to beds. This requires care and practice.
It is also the responsibility of hospital porters to ensure that trolleys are always made up with fresh linen and blankets and that equipment such as oxygen cylinders and cot sides are available.
Hospital porters generally work three shifts, alternating between morning, afternoon and night shifts and are also expected to work over weekends.
Personal Requirements
friendly and helpful
inspire confidence
neat and orderly
responsible
physically strong and fit
willing to work long hours as well as weekends and public holidays.
Requirements
- Minimum education level: Grade 9 /N1
- Availability to travel: No
- Availability of change of residence: No