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MatthewDawson

Porter

Keeping a hospital moving, safely and kindly

Phone:
+44 113 555 0650
Linkedin:
linkedin.com/in/matthew-dawson-porter

Hospital porter with five years moving patients, equipment and supplies around a busy NHS hospital in Leeds. The dependable presence that keeps a hospital flowing — safely transferring patients between wards, theatres and departments, moving equipment and samples, and doing it all with care for often frightened or unwell people. Recognised by staff and patients for calm, reassuring patient transfers. Handles patient moves, wheelchairs and beds, deliveries, waste and urgent specimen runs, follows manual-handling and infection-control procedures, and responds quickly to urgent calls. Strong on both the physical, practical side and the kindness patients remember. Reliable, fit and genuinely good with people on a hard day. Looking for a porter, healthcare-assistant-support or facilities role in a hospital or care setting that values dependable, caring staff.

Professional Experience

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - Leeds, UK

Hospital Porter April 2018 to Present 8 years & 4 months

Safely transfer the patients between the wards, the theatres and departments around the whole hospital daily.
Recognised by the staff and the patients for the calm, reassuring patient transfers under real pressure.
Move all the equipment, the beds, wheelchairs, deliveries and the waste across the whole site.
Run all the urgent specimens and the samples quickly between the departments and the labs.
Follow all the manual-handling and the infection-control procedures very carefully on each and every task.
Respond quickly to all the urgent calls while staying genuinely kind with the unwell patients.

Yorkshire Healthcare Services - Leeds, UK

Facilities Assistant / Porter August 2016 to March 2018 1 year & 8 months

Supported the facilities team with the deliveries, the moves and portering tasks.
Learned the safe manual handling and the hospital procedures on the job.
Built up the reliability and good rapport with the clinical staff there.
Gained the NHS certification and then moved into a hospital-porter role.

Yorkshire Healthcare Services - Leeds, UK

Warehouse / Delivery Assistant June 2014 to July 2016 2 years & 2 months

Worked in a warehouse handling the deliveries, stock and moving goods daily.
Learned safe lifting, handling and reliable shift work on the job.
Built up the fitness and the dependability that hospital portering really needs.
Then earned the move into a full facilities-and-portering role from there.
Certifications

Manual Handling & Infection Control

NHS Training (March 2018 to Present)

NHS certificate in manual handling and infection control covering safe patient moving and hygiene. It qualified safe working in a clinical setting. Applied directly to patient transfers and portering duties.

Patient Moving & Handling

NHS (April 2019 to Present)

Certification in patient moving and handling for clinical settings. It covers the safe transfer techniques used moving patients between wards, theatres and departments across the hospital.
Highlights

Recognised for patient care

Recognised by staff and patients for calm, reassuring patient transfers on a busy ward. A kind word during a transfer means a lot to a frightened patient.

Keeps the hospital flowing

Keeps patients, equipment and samples moving so wards, theatres and labs run smoothly. Porters are the quiet logistics that hold a hospital together.
Education

Leeds Community School

GCSEs (September 2008 to June 2013)

Secondary education with GCSEs including English and maths, alongside part-time work. The part-time jobs built an early work ethic and reliability. Provided the foundation for hospital work.

NHS Training

Manual Handling & Infection Control Certificate (January 2018 to March 2018)

NHS certificate in manual handling and infection control covering safe patient moving and hygiene. It qualified safe working in a clinical setting. Applied directly to patient transfers and portering duties.
Technical Skills
  • Patient Transfer
  • Manual Handling
  • Infection Control
  • Equipment Moving
  • Specimen Runs
  • Wheelchair & Bed Handling
  • Deliveries & Waste
  • Urgent Response
  • Health & Safety
  • Patient Care
References

Margaret Doyle, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Ward Sister Reference

Kevin Ross, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Portering Supervisor Reference

Personal Skills

Reliability

Kindness

Composure

Physical Stamina

Teamwork

Languages

English (UK)

Native or Bilingual Proficiency

Spanish

Limited Working Proficiency

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