Porter/orderly

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial

Reference: 59885

This is an important patient support role that works with staff to provide transport of patients to and from the Imaging departments at Monash Medical Centre and Monash Children’s Hospital in Clayton.

**About Monash Health**

**About the Role**

A porter in Monash Imaging, works across both Monash Medical Centre and Monash Children’s Hospital in Clayton. This opportunity is for you to provide patient transport and other support to patients, families and other staff.

You will be supported by the Chief Radiographer and the Porter Co-ordinator and be part of a dedicated team with special emphasis on providing quality service to our patients and their families. This role includes shift work between 7:30am and midnight, Monday to Sunday including Public Holidays. You will model the values of Monash Health and the culture of Patient and Family Centred Care. You will work within a culture of excellence in service and care to patients and families.

**Role responsibilities include**:

- Work with all Monash Imaging staff to support the day to day running of the department. This will include transport of patients to and from Monash Imaging and other areas, equipment cleaning, assistance with patient movement and other duties.
- To safely and efficiently transport inpatients and ED patients to and from the Monash Imaging modalities.
- To accurately and promptly complete all required information on patient movements on the Information system.
- To provide assistance to Monash Imaging staff with patient movements/transfers as required.
- Ensure safety is maintained for all persons and equipment.

**Location**

This role will be based at Monash Medical Centre in Clayton. Some duties may extend to the adjacent Monash Children’s Hospital.

**What we are looking for in You**:

- Strong commitment and ability to follow standards of excellence in patient care.
- An ability to perform physically arduous manual tasks, as needed.
- Current Police check and valid Employee Working with Children card.

People enjoy working in this team because they are committed across the hospital to make the best service possible, guided by our ICARE values. You will be rewarded with the satisfaction of knowing for many years how you have influenced this culture of excellence and had an impact on our patient care, helping to make these hospitals centres of excellence you can be proud of.

**Monash Health will offer**
- competitive salary
- salary packaging
- friendly and supportive culture
- opportunity to experience various team work
- on-going supervision and professional development
- Parking is available, and there is a café, bank and staff gym on site.

**How to Apply**

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.