Hospital Porter – Patient Transport & Care Support

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting Porters to support the Porter Services Department at Liverpool Women’s Hospital, with shifts Monday to Sunday. You’ll move patients, deliver meals, and handle medical equipment, while maintaining confidentiality and delivering high standards of customer care.

Ideal candidates will have good communication, an understanding of health and safety, and the ability to work autonomously or as part of a team.

Qualifications

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Understanding of health and safety issues.
• Ability to work within a team and on your own.
• Tact and diplomacy in all situations.
• Flexibility to respond to changing circumstances.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients to wards and departments including emergency bed and stretcher patients.
• Take specimens to laboratories.
• Collect clinical waste from wards and departments.
• Deliver meal trolleys to and from wards.
• Delivery of equipment to wards and departments.
• Attend fire response as directed by line manager.
• Delivery of drugs from wards and departments including controlled drugs.
• Any other designated duties as required by porter services management.

Skills

Communication

Health & safety

Teamwork

Adaptability

Basic computer skills

Job description

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting Porters to support the Porter Services Department at Liverpool Women’s Hospital, with shifts Monday to Sunday. You’ll move patients, deliver meals, and handle medical equipment, while maintaining confidentiality and delivering high standards of customer care.

Ideal candidates will have good communication, an understanding of health and safety, and the ability to work autonomously or as part of a team.