Porter

NHS; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking Porters to ensure the smooth operation of hospital services. The role involves moving patients and goods, supporting emergency responses, and maintaining safety standards. Ideal candidates are physically fit and customer-focused, ready to contribute to excellent patient care.

Qualifications

• Essential literacy and numeracy skills required.
• Customer care focus and physical fitness are crucial.

Responsibilities

• Safe movement of patients, goods, and equipment.
• Attend crash and trauma calls to support the team.
• Deputise for Shift Leads as needed.

Skills

Customer care focus

Physically fit

Education

Literacy and Numeracy (ELC)

Job description

Job summary

Porters play a crucial part in keeping the hospital working by moving patients, goods, and equipment between departments to where they are needed. Hospital Porters are also involved in emergency response arrangements, including responding to fire alarm activations and supporting security when required. As a Porter in Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, you will contribute to providing excellent patient care. We are seeking enthusiastic and committed team members willing to work hard to maintain our 24/7 service.

Main duties of the job

The safe movement of people and goods, including (but not limited to):

• Patients (including babies, children, and adults)
• The deceased
• Mail
• Medical Records
• Pharmacy supplies
• Blood units and Pathology Specimens
• Sterile Supplies
• Patient meals
• Domestic Waste
• Confidential Waste
• Clinical and Cytotoxic Waste
• Linen
• Office furniture and equipment

• Check all modes of patient equipment are safe and in good working order
• Attend all crash and trauma calls to support the crash team
• Deputise for the Shift Leads in their absence as requested by the service
• Undertake non-routine portering duties such as office furniture and equipment movement
• Replenish medical gas supplies, including connecting to medical gases systems when required
• Collect deceased patients from clinical areas and transfer to Mortuary, completing necessary documentation
• Support security staff as needed

About us

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

Our culture emphasizes placing people at the center of all we do, fostering a sense of belonging, learning, improvement, and excellence.

We provide specialist services nationally and internationally. We are one of only two UK centers treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare abdominal cancer) and are leaders in tertiary liver and colorectal cancers.

The trust employs over 9,000 staff, with an annual turnover exceeding £500 million. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors, who represent their constituencies and influence future planning.

Details

Date posted: 12 May 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 2

Salary: £24,169 per year (pro rata)

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 251-CORP2802-Porter

Location: Basingstoke Hospital, Aldermaston Road, Basingstoke, RG24 9NA

Job description

We welcome flexible working requests; all will be considered.

Further information can be found in the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents.

Person Specification

Essential:

• Literacy and Numeracy (ELC)
• Customer care focus
• Physically fit

Desirable:

• Conflict resolution training
• Experience working in a hospital
• Ability to remain calm

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to a DBS check due to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Employer details

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Basingstoke Hospital, Aldermaston Road, Basingstoke, RG24 9NA

Website: https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/