Chargehand Porter | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Basingstoke and Deane; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Supervisor for a Porters Team at a busy hospital in Basingstoke. This role involves overseeing a team across 24/7 shift patterns, ensuring efficient patient and goods movement, and participating in emergency response activities. Candidates should have experience in team supervision. The trust offers options for flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Happy to Talk Flexible Working

Qualifications

• Experience in team supervision and management.
• Ability to coordinate patient and goods movement.
• Familiarity with emergency response procedures.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and manage a Porters Team across 24/7 shift patterns.
• Coordinate movement of patients, goods, and equipment.
• Engage in emergency response arrangements.

Job description

Supervision, across a 24/7 shift pattern, of a Porters Team at a busy Hospital in Basingstoke, working shift patterns. Responsible to the Portering & Security Lead.

Responsibilities

• Supervision and management of a Porters Team across 24/7 shift patterns, ensuring hospital demands are met.
• Coordinating movement of patients, goods and equipment between departments.
• Engaging in emergency response arrangements, including fire alarm activations and support to security where required.

About the Trust

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive. We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

This advert closes on Monday 1 Dec 2025