Hospital Porter (Bank)

Nuffield Health; Eastleigh; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare charity in Eastleigh is seeking a Hospital Porter to provide vital support in a clinical setting. The role requires good communication skills and a commitment to physical tasks like pushing beds and lifting equipment. You will help ensure patients feel comfortable before and after surgery, working closely with a professional team. The position offers flexibility with hours on an ad-hoc basis, along with a benefits package including holiday, pension access, and discounted gym membership.

Benefits

Discounted gym membership

Access to Pension Scheme

Holiday in line with the Working Time Directive

Qualifications

• Ability to lift heavy equipment and push beds.
• Excellent communication skills to reassure patients before surgery.

Responsibilities

• Collect and return patients to their rooms post-surgery.
• Support cleaning of theatre equipment and maintain the environment.
• Interact constantly with the Theatre Team in a clinical setting.

Skills

Good communication

Comfortable with physical work

Job description

Hospital Porter (Maintenance)

Nuffield Health Wessex Hospital | Property and Facilities | Bank | Ad Hoc

Up to £12.58 per hour, depending on experience

Are you good with people? Do you feel comfortable with physical work, like pushing beds and lifting heavy equipment? If so, this is a fantastic opportunity to join the UK's largest Healthcare Charity, where you can enjoy a highly rewarding role. We're taking care of the nation's health and it starts with you.

As a Hospital Porter at our Wessex Hospital, you'll need to be a good communicator, as this role involves helping our patients to feel relaxed and reassured, before and after surgery. It's also essential that you're happy to undergo our Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, as part of your application.

The Role

In this varied and physical role as a Hospital Porter, you will:

• Collect and return patients to their individual rooms following surgery.
  Work alongside trained professionals ensuring that the theatre environment and equipment is fully functioning.
• Support the cleaning of theatre equipment and environment.
• Be working in a fast moving clinical environment, with constant interaction with the Theatre Team.

To succeed as a Hospital Porter, you will:

• Be comfortable with a physical role which involves pushing beds and lifting heavy equipment.
• Be a good communicator as part of your role will be ensuring that patients are feeling as relaxed and reassured prior to their surgery.

Wessex Hospital

Nuffield Health Wessex Hospital is a stunning 46 bedded private hospital in West Hampshire with specialisms in Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, Urology, Women's Health and Spinal surgery. The hospital also benefits from having onsite Radiology, Pathology, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy and Hydrotherapy so we can give our patients a complete package of care. There are 16 consulting rooms with speciality outpatient rooms, 46 private patient bedrooms with en-suite facilities, 24 hr resident doctor on site (RMO) and four operating theatres and one endoscopy suite.

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. From Holiday in line with the Working Time Directive, Access to our Pension Scheme and discounted gym membership at £25.00 a month.

Working on the bank means you are not contracted to a set number of hours per week but instead work on an ad‑hoc basis to suit the needs of the business and your availability.

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

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? 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.