Band 2 Porter-Facilities

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Birmingham is seeking a Band 2 Porter to support clinical teams by ensuring the safe transportation of patients, equipment, and supplies. The ideal candidate will have basic literacy and numeracy skills and be capable of working as part of a team under pressure. This role requires flexibility and a commitment to safety and cleanliness in a hospital environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe and courteous support for clinical and non-clinical teams.
• Transport patients safely using wheelchairs and beds.
• Maintain a high level of cleanliness for regularly used equipment.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication with the public

Organisational skills

Education

Basic level of education in literacy and numeracy

Job description

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 2 Porter – Facilities

The closing date is 30 November 2025

Hospital porters provide a varied and supportive role to clinical and non‑clinical teams. This includes the movement of patients on beds, trolleys and wheelchairs. It also involves the movement of equipment, medication, medical gases, post, patient notes, patient meals, consumables, waste, samples and test results from one place to another; enabling care and services to continue.

Main duties of the job

Please read full job description and person specification. Please note this is rotational shifts 5 days out of 7.

• Work in a safe, courteous and confidential manner whilst following Trust Policy and associated Standard Operating Procedures relating to the task being carried out.
• Be in designated place of work from agreed shift start time to agreed shift end time. To maintain a level of portering service throughout the Trust and/or your designated work area by following a planned schedule of work as well as making flexible alterations when required.
• Assist patients into wheelchairs and onto beds; ensuring their comfort in readiness for transport to a designated area.
• Move patients by wheelchair or bed or stretcher around the hospital site from various wards and departments and can involve some distance including, where directed, using the internal ambulance.
• Assist patients requiring support on discharge from nursing unit or treatment area to the hospital exit points.
• Ensure patient safety during transport by keeping regularly used equipment such as wheelchairs and trolleys clean; reporting improperly working equipment to supervisor for repair and storing in readily accessible area.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Basic level of education in literacy and numeracy (E)

Experience

• Able to work as a team member (E)
• Dealing with the public and ability to work under pressure (E)
• Organisational skills, sorting post

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust