Bank - Porter - Aintree Site | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Liverpool seeks a Porter to support hospital operations by transporting patients, delivering meals, and managing medical equipment. The role demands good verbal and written communication skills, customer service abilities, and understanding of health and safety. Candidates must work well in emergencies, possess physical fitness, and maintain confidentiality. This is an essential position that contributes to high-quality patient care within a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Good interpersonal skills and ability to maintain calm in emergencies.
• Ability to follow instructions and work under tight time constraints.
• Should possess good physical fitness for lifting and transporting patients.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients to wards and departments, including emergencies.
• Deliver patient meals and medical equipment.
• Collect and manage clinical waste and soiled linen.
• Support service improvements and enhance customer care.

Skills

Good verbal and written communication skills

Good customer service skills

Understanding of health and safety issues

Ability to work within a team

Ability to use tact and diplomacy

Flexibility in changing circumstances

Basic computer skills

Job description

Overview

The role of a Porter is instrumental to the smooth running of the Hospital, you will move patients, deliver patient meals and manage the safe movement of other medical equipment. Porters should be able to work quickly and calmly in emergencies, possess good interpersonal skills, be patient and tolerant, maintain good physical fitness, follow instructions and work within tight time constraints.

Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for supporting service improvements and encouraging the delivery of high productivity, supported by excellent customer care.
• You will be able to work on your own initiative and under direction, whilst maintaining confidentiality and discretion at all times.
• The ability to prioritise your own workload and multi‑task, as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills, are essential.
• Transport patients to wards and departments, including emergency beds and stretcher patients.
• Take specimens to laboratories.
• Take medical gases to and from wards and change floor meters.
• Collect soiled linen and rubbish from wards and departments.
• Collect clinical waste from wards and departments.
• Deliver meal trolleys to and from wards.
• Removal of bodies from wards and departments, putting bodies in view for relatives and assisting shift manager on BDI’s and DOA’s.
• Delivery of equipment to wards and departments.
• Attend fire response at the request of line manager.
• Delivery of drugs from wards and departments, including controlled drugs.
• Carry out post‑room duties.
• Perform any other designated duties as and when required by portering management.

Qualifications

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good customer service skills.
• Understanding of health and safety issues.
• Ability to work within a team and on your own.
• Ability to use tact and diplomacy in all situations.
• Able to react flexibly in changing circumstances.
• Basic computer skills.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of the NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 November 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities – from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialized regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award‑winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single‑site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single‑bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services. For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.

This advert closes on Thursday 1 Jan 2026.