A&E Porter | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full training

Uniform provided

Job summary

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a motivated A&E Porter on a permanent contract. The role involves supporting the A&E department by transferring patients and equipment, moving furniture, handling linen, and assisting with clinical waste and pathology specimen collection.

Full training and uniform are provided, with flexibility to cover annual leave and sickness in a busy team. The post requires physical fitness, good communication, and the ability to work both independently and as

Qualifications

• Applicants must be physically fit and able to work on own initiative or as part of a team.
• Good communication skills and commitment to customer care are essential.
• Flexibility is required to cover leave and sickness in a busy department.

Responsibilities

• Transfer patients and medical equipment using beds, chairs or trolleys as directed.
• Relocate furniture and assist in office developments as required.
• Distribute and collect linen and laundry to designated locations.
• Undertake clinical waste handling and bag changes on the A&E unit.
• Collect and document specimens for pathology and assist with audits.
• Provide exchange/transfer of portable and manifold medical gas cylinders; report faults.
• Attend to mortuary duties and support scene management as needed.
• Be an active portering team member and respond to incidents and emergencies.

Skills

Physical fitness

Good communication

Teamwork

Initiative

Customer care

Job description

A&E Porter | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Please note, although this role is being advertised by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, it will transfer to OneLSC a Corporate Collaboration hosted by East Lancashire Hospitals Trust on 1.11.24. There are no plans to change the location of the role.

We are looking for an A&E Porter - Permanent contract

Applicants must be physically fit, have good communication skills and the ability to work on their own initiative and as part of a team. Self-motivation, commitment to customer care and quality issues is essential.

Flexibility is required in this busy department to cover Annual Leave and Sickness. The successful candidate will be trained to cover all aspects of the portering role.

Full training and uniform will be provided.

Main Duties

The post holder will work as part of a team to provide an efficient portering

service to the Trust.

To transfer patients, medical equipment and associated medical sundries as delegated by line management by use of bed, chair, trolley etc.

To transfer furniture and assist in relocating equipment during office relocations and or new developments.

To distribute and collect linen/laundry to designated locations as in agreed schedules. This includes soiled and infected linen.

To undertake refuse collections of clinical, household, confidential and specialist waste, and changing of the clinical waste bags on A&E unit as and when required.

Collect, distribute and document for audit and security purposes specimens/bloods for pathology, including emergency collections and distributions as and when required by the service.

Provide the exchange, transfer and testing of portable medical gas cylinders and document a record of the usage. Report any identifiable faults.

Provide the exchange & transfer of manifold medical gas cylinders and document a record of the usage. Report any identifiable faults.

Undertake hospital mortuary duties in the measuring, transfer, preparation and documentation of the deceased, also the laying out of the deceased in the absence of mortuary personnel. Assist the police and ambulance with access to the mortuary.

Attend training as required to meet statutory and service needs within the

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Quality

Each member of staffis required to ensure that:a) The patient and customer are always put first;

b) That in all issues, the patient/customer requirements are met and all staff contribute fully to achieving the Trust's corporate goals and objectives;

c) That all staff hold themselves personally responsible for the quality of their work and therefore seek to attain the highest standards achievable within their knowledge, skills and resources available to them in furtherance of the Trust's Vision and in embedding the organisation's Values.

Confidentiality

Each member of the Trust's staff is responsible for ensuring the confidentiality of any information relating to patients and for complying with all the requirements of the Data Protection Act whilst carrying out the duties of the post. Any breaches in confidentiality will be dealt with by the Trust Disciplinary Procedure and may result in dismissal.

Data Protection/Freedom of Information Acts

Carry out any requirements within the duties applicable to the Data Protection Act, 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The post holder will work as part of a team to provide an efficient portering service to the Trust.

To provide and to contribute to, a first class customer care service to all users of the Trust.

To assist nursing staff to move / handle patients

Escort and direct patients as and when necessary and offering wheelchairs to patients at reception or triage.

To transfer patients from triage to other areas of the A&E Department.

To transfer patients, medical equipment and associated medical sundries as delegated by line management by use of bed, chair, trolley etc.

To ensure wheelchair/trolley availability 24 hrs a day, returning trolley to base when empty and removing soiled linen leaving in a state of readiness for the next patient

To ensure adequate supplies of crutches, frames and surgical appliances are available at all times, collect special surgical appliances as directed.

To be an active member of the response team (999) for any incidents that occur, ensuring the safety of the environment as directed by the sister in charge.

To distribute and collect linen/laundry to A&E as in agreed schedules. This includes soiled and infected linen.

To undertake refuse collections of clinical, household confidential and specialist waste, and changing of the clinical waste bags on A & E unit as and when required.

Collect, distribute and document for audit and security purposes specimens/bloods for pathology, including emergency collections and distributions as and when required by the service.

Provide the exchange, transfer and testing of portable medical gas cylinders and document a record of the usage. Report any identifiable faults.

Provide the exchange, transfer of manifold medical gas cylinders and document a record of the usage. Report any identifiable faults.

Ensure that the expectations of service users are met through the compliance with the Portering Service Standards.

Attend training as required to meet statutory and service needs within the Portering Service.

Ensure compliance with written procedures for all aspects of Portering Services, these forming the basis of Portering Service Standards and induction training.

To attend incidents of fire and major incidents, in line with operational procedures.

To provide an immediate on call response to Medical emergencies.

Have responsibility for the safe and effective utilisation of equipment used by the Portering Service.

As directed, assist newly appointed porters during the local induction phase, in awareness and familiarisation of the services provided and the processes that enable the service to function effectively, safely and securely.

The Portering Services operate throughout the year and as such the post-holder will be under a contractual obligation to work on National Public/Bank Holidays, if rostered to do so.

This advert closes on Tuesday 17 Nov 2026