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
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? Be familiar and comply with the Hospital policy on waste disposal
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