Assistant Director Portering | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Interest free Season Ticket Loan

Long Term Service Awards

Subsidised on-site nurseries and child

A comprehensive staff health and well‑

Job summary

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London seeks an Assistant Director Portering to set a strategic portering function across GSTT sites and ensure compliance with policies.

The role combines leadership of nearly 180 portering staff, setting standards, driving safety culture and delivering financial and operational performance in partnership with clinical groups and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Develop portering standards and operating procedures across the GSTT estate.
• Identify opportunities for service development from external changes or internal innovation.
• Lead a management team overseeing nearly 180 portering staff.
• Drive a safety culture with the team and suppliers to ensure a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors.
• Establish and review strategy, policy, business plans and forecasts related to portering.

Job description

Assistant Director Portering | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

This is a role which will be key to the Trust’s role as leader and influencer in South East London and to achieving Essentia’s strategic ambitions. The role is highly autonomous and ultimately accountable for interpretations of legal and national portering policies and interpreting this into a deliverable strategy and operational practice that ensures GSTT sites are compliant.

The post holder will set the portering strategy, provide expert advice and deliver an operational service. It does this in partnership with internal stakeholders e.g. clinical groups and delivery groups alongside external stakeholders and other stakeholders relevant to individual sites and all GSTT locations.

The successful candidate will possess a high level of financial acumen, leadership expertise, alongside the ability to lead portering functions to deliver operational excellence.

As one of the Essentia Leadership Team you will be required to work one weekend every 3 months and be part of the Directorates on-call rota.

• Develops the portering standards and operating procedures for operational portering provision across the GSTT estate.
• Identify new opportunities for the development of the services arising from changes in the external environment or internal innovation and ways to respond to them.
• Lead a management team who oversee nearly 180 staff in the provision of portering specialists
• Drive a safety culture with the team and with all suppliers to ensure the delivery of a safe, healthy and secure environment for patients, staff and visitors.
• Establish, develop and regularly review strategy, policy, business plans and forecasts relating to all aspects of the role.
• Establish and deliver operational performance (financial and non-financial) targets against agreed service standards, including compliance with Financial & Procurement Regulations.
• The post holder will foster psychological safety and a just culture, ensuring concerns are heard, discrimination is challenged, and learning is used to improve safety, quality and experience.
• The post holder will lead through clear objectives, coaching, feedback and development of others, supporting.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best-known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark

The NHS Pension Scheme - one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK. When you start working for the NHS you automatically become a member, and you will get an excellent package of pension benefits.

• Interest free Season Ticket Loan
• Long Term Service Awards
• Subsidised on-site nurseries and childcare vouchers
• A comprehensive staff health and well-being programme, '5 ways to a healthier YOU'
• Ride to work scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Free stop smoking service

Our Trust values: We are Caring / Ambitions / Inclusive

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

This advert closes on Tuesday 4 Aug 2026