Porter

NHS Professionals; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A national healthcare service provider seeks Porters to join their team at Nottingham City Hospital. The role involves safely transferring patients across wards, handling pharmacy supplies, and assisting with patient care. The ideal candidate should be friendly, professional, and physically capable of managing patient transfers effectively. This position offers varied shifts and the chance to work in a supportive healthcare environment.

Benefits

Competitive Pay Rates

First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts

Free DBS and free training

Stakeholder pension scheme

Qualifications

• Friendly and helpful manner towards patients and their families.
• Experience in a similar role in a healthcare environment.
• Physically fit to handle patient transfers.

Responsibilities

• Transfer patients safely and promptly between wards.
• Assist nursing staff when transporting patients.
• Provide an emergency collection service for blood samples.

Skills

Previous experience in a hospital or healthcare setting

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Physically fit and able to lift, move, and manoeuvre patients

Calm and stable temperament

Friendly, caring, and professional manner

Flexible and motivated team player

Job description

Porters

Nottingham University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Nottingham City Hospital, Hucknall Road, NG5 1PB

Band 2 - £12.21 per hour

Position 1 – Working 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday – 10.00am-6.00pm

Position 2 – Working 37.5 hours per week Monday – Friday – 12 midday – 8.00pm

Overview

We are currently looking for two Porters to join our friendly and supportive team at Nottingham City Hospital. The successful candidates will provide a high-quality portering service across all hospital areas, ensuring patient safety, dignity, and comfort at all times while following Trust policies and procedures.

You will work independently and as part of a team under the direction of the Assistant Manager – Patient Movement, delivering services efficiently and professionally.

We are looking for people who have a friendly and helpful manner and have a sensitive approach when dealing with patients and their families.

Your duties will include

• Transfer patients safely and promptly between wards and departments using wheelchairs, trolleys, beds, or other approved equipment.
• Assist with the moving and handling of patients in line with manual handling training and health and safety guidelines.
• Transport deceased patients to the mortuary in a discreet, respectful, and sensitive manner, observing religious and cultural requirements.
• Collect and deliver pharmacy supplies to wards and departments.
• Collect urgent specimens and deliver them to the pathology laboratory.
• Receive deliveries and transport medical gas cylinders across the Trust.
• Assist nursing staff when transporting patients requiring ventilators, medical gases, or specialist equipment.
• Provide a Trust-wide transportation service for bloods, samples, fluids, medications, notes, X-rays, snack boxes, and other items related to patient care.
• Provide an emergency collection service for blood samples during pneumatic tube system failures.

Skills required

• Previous experience in a hospital or healthcare setting in a similar role.
• A friendly, caring, and professional manner with a sensitive approach to patients and their families.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to complete documentation accurately and legibly.
• Physically fit and able to lift, move, and manoeuvre patients and equipment in accordance with manual handling guidelines (including bariatric patients).
• Calm and stable temperament, able to work under pressure and meet response times.
• Flexible, motivated, proactive team player who is adaptable to change.

Who are NHS Professionals?

NHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS.

Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts don’t have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 130,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades, and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is then reinvested back into the NHS.

Benefits

• Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week!
• First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England
• Dedicated consultants
• Flexible working options
• Free DBS and free training
• Build holiday allowance
• Support when you need it – 24 / 7 365 days
• Stakeholder pension scheme

Disclaimer

Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk / spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.