Car Parking Attendant

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Car Parking Attendant to oversee daily car park operations and assist staff, patients and visitors with parking and wayfinding. The role requires clear communication with hospital personnel and site users in a busy NHS environment.

Responsibilities include directing traffic, enforcing the Trust's car park policy, and attending to ad hoc duties as required; careful attention to health and safety is essential.

Qualifications

• GCSE or equivalent is required.
• Experience working in a team and with the public is desirable.
• Ability to work on own initiative and adapt to ad hoc requests.

Responsibilities

• Manage the car parks on a day-to-day basis, ensuring clear access for emergency services.
• Communicate effectively with hospital personnel and site users.
• Explain parking options and restrictions to staff, patients and visitors.
• Direct people to parking areas and assist access to hospital buildings.
• Monitor car parks and enforce parking restrictions; respond to calls as needed.
• Keep red routes clear at all times.
• Undertake other ad hoc duties as prescribed by the manager.

Skills

Teamwork

Public interaction

Initiative

Verbal communication

Education

GCSE or equivalent

Job description

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Car Parking Attendant

The closing date is 16 November 2026

Managing the car parks on a day-to-day basis, thus ensuring clear access is maintained for emergency services and that infringements of the Trust's car park policy are dealt with and reported in the appropriate way. Communicate effectively with hospital personnel and all site users. Link with all site users to ensure full understanding of the parking options and restrictions. At times this will require tact and persuasion and there may be barriers to understanding or resistance to adherence. Assist with access to all hospital buildings by directing users to the most appropriate location. This assistance will range from directing a visitor to parking areas to assisting a relative bringing in an extremely sick person. To help, advise and assist staff, patients and visitors on car parking issues and way finding. Communicate with colleagues using a two-way radio Assist with day-to-day running of the car park service and respond to ad hoc requests that may compete for attention with the standard routine. To monitor all car parks and ensure enforcement of violating vehicles using a computer-based system for the issuing of Parking Charge Notices to patrol thoroughfares and car parks to ensure compliance with parking restrictions and responding to any calls. To ensure all red routes are kept clear at all times. Undertake other ad hoc duties as prescribed by manager and within scope of skill and capability

Main duties of the job

Managing the car parks on a day-to-day basis, in line with the Trust's car park policy, thus ensuring clear access is maintained for emergency services and that infringements of the Trust's car park policy are dealt with and reported in the appropriate way.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 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 specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis 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 Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis 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 theircareers page.

Job responsibilities

Managing the car parks on a day-to-day basis, thus ensuring clear access is maintained for emergency services and that infringements of the Trust's car park policy are dealt with and reported in the appropriate way. Communicate effectively with hospital personnel and all site users. Link with all site users to ensure full understanding of the parking options and restrictions. At times this will require tact and persuasion and there may be barriers to understanding or resistance to adherence

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSE or equivalent

Experience

• Experience of working within a team
• Experience of working with the public
• Experience of working on own initiative

Knowledge

• Good understanding of Health and Safety
• Knowledge of car parking systems

Skills

• Have good verbal communication skills

Other

• Willingness to learn
• Flexibility

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.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust