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hospital-porter Occupational skill for the role 'hospital porter' (also: porter, general porter, hospital stretcher bearer, hospital portering staff member, hospital stretcher carrier, stretcher carrier). Use when the user asks for typical hospital porter work such as: Carry messages or documents between departments.; Change soiled linens, such as bed linens, drapes, or cubicle curtains.; Clean equipment, such as wheelchairs, hospital beds, or portable medical equipment, documenting needed repairs or maintenance.

Hospital Porter

Hospital porters are professional healthcare assistants who transport people on stretchers around the hospital site, as well as and items.

Core workflow

  1. Carry messages or documents between departments.
  2. Change soiled linens, such as bed linens, drapes, or cubicle curtains.
  3. Clean equipment, such as wheelchairs, hospital beds, or portable medical equipment, documenting needed repairs or maintenance.
  4. Disinfect or sterilize equipment or supplies, using germicides or sterilizing equipment.
  5. Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers.
  6. Respond to emergency situations, such as emergency medical calls, security calls, or fire alarms.
  7. Transport patients to treatment units, testing units, operating rooms, or other areas, using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds.
  8. Transport portable medical equipment or medical supplies between rooms or departments.

How to use this skill

Key competences (essential)

  • accept own accountability
  • adapt to emergency care environment
  • adhere to organisational guidelines
  • apply context specific clinical competences
  • apply good clinical practices
  • assess nature of injury in emergency
  • clinical science
  • communicate in healthcare
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
  • conduct physical examination in emergency
  • deal with emergency care situations
  • disorders of vital functions
  • emergency cases
  • employ specific paramedic techniques in out-of-hospital care

Hot technologies

  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Excel

Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a30734bb-2f10-4747-a94c-75f5ec3c63a4), ONET 30.3 (31-1132.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*