Bank Kitchen Porter | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Preston is seeking a Bank Kitchen Porter to join the Catering Department. The role supports cleaning and delivery duties across the hospital site, with shifts between 6am and 8pm.

You will be part of the Kitchen Portering team, helping to maintain hygiene standards and assist with meal deliveries to wards. Training is provided; prior kitchen porter experience is desirable but not essential.

Qualifications

• Team player with good communication and the ability to work on own initiative.
• Previous kitchen porter experience is desirable but not essential as training will be given.
• Must be able to follow food hygiene and health and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain hygiene of the catering department and assist the Kitchen Porter team.
• Deliver meals to wards and departments across the site.
• Carry out cleaning tasks in catering areas and reporting hazards.
• Support with food ordering, storage and general duties as required.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Health & Safety

Job description

Please note on 1stMarch 2026, the Estates and Facilities Services for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, will transferred to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust and became part of OneLSC.

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust will be the Lead Provider of the service and the employer of colleagues working within the service, across sites.

If you are successful in your application, and commence work prior to 1stMarch 2026, your employment will transfer to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust on 1stMarch 2026 under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations, 2006. There will be no impact for your job role, terms and conditions of employment or location of work.

If you are successful in your application, and commence work after 1stMarch 2026, your employer will be East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.

This post is Bank only, hours are between the hours of 6am and 8pm.

We are seeking a Kitchen Porter to join our Catering Department at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.

In this role, you'll be responsible for assisting the Kitchen Porter team in maintaining the hygiene of the catering department as well as delivering items to the Wards on site.

The role is varied and does involve physical work including moving and handling working in chilled/cold storage area and walk in freezer rooms but protective uniform will be provided. The post holder will support the Kitchen Portering team when required duties include pan washing, general cleaning of various rooms throughout the kitchen, maintaining good hygiene practice throughout the department.

The ideal person will be a team player a good communicator and one who is able to work on their own initiative and under supervision . Previous experience as a kitchen porter is desirable but not essential as training will be given. You must have the ability to follow food hygiene and health and safety regulations.

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

• Communicate effectively with colleagues to ensure an accurate exchange of information about catering tasks and service needs.
• Communicate with a range of customers in person and over the telephone to understand individual needs and provide information relating to the catering service
• Undertake duties relating to food ordering, distribution and storage, including:-
• Delivering and collection of meal trolleys to wards and departments.
• Delivering and collection of meal trolleys to wards and departments, by foot as and when required to support the team.
• Undertake cleaning either manually or using mechanical equipment in catering areas.
• Report any defective equipment or health and safety hazards to immediate supervisor.
• To undertake collections and deliveries of catering goods and patient/staff meals to all wards at RPH.
• Proactively support the continued development of the catering service.
• Demonstrate diligence with regard to security of Trust property.
• Maintain and develop own competence.

This advert closes on Friday 27 Nov 2026

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust