Lead Portering Supervisor

Lead Portering Supervisor

The closing date is 08 March 2026

Providing comprehensive administrative support and planning to enable the team to carry out their roles effectively, whilst coordinating and overseeing the Portering staffin a Lead Portering Supervisor capacity.

Main duties of the job

• Support and Deputise for Dept Manager on occasion.

Investigateandwherepossibleresolveday to dayservice-related issues, raising to manager whererequired.

Directoverall supervision of Portering Supervisory Team.

Undertake staff appraisals.

Partake in recruitment process.

• Ensure correct daily staffing levels are maintained on Health Roster.
• Develop andmaintain Departmental Wellbeing strategy in consultation with the Department Manager. Acting as first point of contact for staff on wellbeing issues, signposting, monitoring, and promoting wellbeing.

About us

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

UHD has active networks including Women's, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.

Job responsibilities

Providing and supervisingthe effective management of aggressive and abusivebehaviour from patients and visitors in a firm and tactful manner, ensuring that the personal safety and wellbeing of staff, patients and visitors aremaintained.

Applyappropriate PreventionManagement of Violence & Aggression (PMVA) techniques as situations dictate, which may includephysicalrestraint in line with agreed procedures.

Assistwith Close Observation of patients that may be at risk of harm to themselves or others.

Assistin the locating and return of missing or absconding patients.

Qualifications

• GCSE Eng & Maths Grade c or above
• SIA Trained in Compliance with COSHH

Experience

• Leadership experience with Hospital Environment or equiviliant
• Major Incident or BCP knowledge
• Teamwork evidence with responsibility for moving patients, Bloods, Medical Gas supplies
• Evidence of leading a team dealing with violence & aggression

Other skills

• Effective Communication
• Good Computer skills and telephone manner
• Proven Leadership experience
• Positive and flexible approach to work
• Security Awareness
• Portering knowledge in acute setting

Personal Skills

• Personal Integrity and initiative enabling you to work on your own or as a member of a team.
• bility to deal positively with emotional and stressful situations within the workplace.
• Good problem-solving skills
• Effective communication skills to enable resolution of conflict
• To have the ability to use discretion and to be fair with judgements when dealing with disciplinary procedures and personal matters.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust