Head Porter

Nuffield Health; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Job summary

Nuffield Health Newcastle Hospital is seeking a proactive Head Porter to lead the portering team and sustain high-quality facilities services. You will oversee day-to-day operations and ensure safe transport of patients, equipment, and supplies within a busy hospital environment.

The role involves supervising schedules, training, and performance, with weekend work and a pay up to £27,534.47 per annum, depending on experience. Join a top healthcare charity committed to patient care and safety.

Qualifications

• Previous portering, facilities, logistics, or support services experience.
• Experience supervising or leading a team.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Strong customer service focus.
• Ability to work effectively in a busy healthcare environment.
• Knowledge of health and safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Lead, supervise, and support the Portering Team.
• Manage rotas, annual leave, training, and performance.
• Ensure the safe transport of patients, equipment, furniture, and supplies.
• Coordinate waste, laundry, stock, post, and courier services.
• Support conference room setups, office moves, and reception cover when required.
• Assist with building security, parking patrols, and emergency procedures.
• Ensure compliance with health & safety, infection control, and data protection requirements.
• Maintain accurate records and complete all required documentation.

Skills

Portering

Facilities management

Team leadership

Healthcare environment

Health and safety

Job description

Head Porter Newcastle Hospital

Property and Facilities | Permanent | Full Time | Includes weekend work | Up to £27,534.47 per annum depending on experience | 37.5 hours per week.

Nuffield Health is the UK's largest Healthcare Charity. We're here to look after the nation's health. And a big part of this is about creating the best possible experience for our patients. That's why we're looking for someone new to support our colleagues and be there when it matters, helping to deliver the highest standards of care.

We are seeking a proactive and experienced Head Porter to lead our portering team and support the delivery of high-quality facilities services across the hospital. In this hands-on leadership role, you will coordinate day-to-day portering operations, ensure the safe and efficient movement of patients, equipment, supplies, and waste while maintaining excellent customer service standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead, supervise, and support the Portering Team.
• Manage rotas, annual leave, training, and performance.
• Ensure the safe transport of patients, equipment, furniture, and supplies.
• Coordinate waste, laundry, stock, post, and courier services.
• Support conference room setups, office moves, and reception cover when required.
• Assist with building security, parking patrols, and emergency procedures.
• Ensure compliance with health & safety, infection control, and data protection requirements.
• Maintain accurate records and complete all required documentation.

About You

• Previous experience in a portering, facilities, logistics, or support services role.
• Experience supervising or leading a team.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Strong customer service focus.
• Ability to work effectively in a busy healthcare environment.
• Knowledge of health and safety procedures.

Helping you feel good. We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind.

Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options.

At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.

Location

Nuffield Health Newcastle Hospital Located in Jesmond; you will be working at one of the north easts leading private hospitals, with a Good CQC rating, we have 27 en-suite private bedrooms, 3 state-of-the-art operating theatres, a dedicated breast care unit.

We offer on-site pathology services and diagnostic imaging including CT and MRI, to help patients after surgery we have on-site physiotherapy specialists.

We have a special focus in the areas of orthopaedics, spinal surgery, ophthalmology, weight loss surgery and cosmetic treatment.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role. It starts with you.

Nuffield Health, is the UK's largest healthcare charity. For over 60 years, we've been working to make the UK fitter, healthier, happier and stronger. All for the public benefit. We do this through our family of 31 award-winning hospitals, 113 fitness and wellbeing centres, healthcare clinics and over a 100 workplace wellbeing services.

As a charity, we reinvest all our income into our services, into pioneering improvements in care, and most importantly into our social impact programmes, which are designed to support people who would not normally be able to afford or access our services. Its all part of our mission to give everyone the care they need and to build a healthier nation.