ISCO Occupation Group 5329.1 Hospital Porter
From Open Risk Manual
Definition
Hospital Porter: Hospital porters are professional healthcare assistants who transport people on stretchers around the hospital site, as well as and items.
Essential Skills
- Human Anatomy
- Operational Tactics For Emergency Responses
- Comply With Legislation Related To Health Care
- Conduct Physical Examination In Emergency
- Comply With Quality Standards Related To Healthcare Practice
- Operate An Emergency Communication System
- Manage Major Incidents
- Monitor Patient'S Vital Signs
- Respond To Changing Situations In Health Care
- Clinical Science
- Assess Nature Of Injury In Emergency
- Transport Patient To Medical Facility
- Interact With Healthcare Users
- Operate Specialised Equipment In Emergency
- Ensure Safety Of Healthcare Users
- Position Patients Undergoing Interventions
- Employ Specific Paramedic Techniques In Out-Of-Hospital Care
- Disorders Of Vital Functions
- Principles Of Paramedic Practice
- Emergency Cases
- Communicate Effectively In Healthcare
- Transportation Methods
- Adhere To Organisational Guidelines
- Immobilise Patients For Emergency Intervention
- Observe Confidentiality
- Provide First Aid
- Adapt To Emergency Care Environment
- Listen Actively
- Apply Context Specific Clinical Competences
- Tolerate Stress
- Accept Own Accountability
- Apply Good Clinical Practices
- Follow Clinical Guidelines
- Select Hazard Control
- Prioritise Emergencies
- Deal With Emergency Care Situations
- Transfer Patients
- First Aid
Optional Skills
- Monitor Basic Patients Signs
- Provide Basic Support To Patients
- Assist Patients With Rehabilitation
- Physical Science Applied To Paramedical Practice
- Answer Patients' Questions
- Identify Patients' Behaviours
- Deal With Patients' Anxiety
- Apply Organisational Techniques
Alternative Names
- General Porter
- Hospital Stretcher Carrier
- Stretcher Carrier
- Hospital Stretcher Bearer
- Hospital Portering Service Provider
- Hospital Portering Staff Member
- Stretcher Bearer
- General Hospital Porter
- Hospital Portering
- Porter
