Porter

NHS Professionals; Redditch; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay rates

24/7 support

Multi locational

Shift portal access

Ad hoc & long-term shifts

Training and development

Holiday allowance

Pension scheme

Job summary

NHS Professionals is recruiting a Hospital Porter at Alexandra Hospital, Redditch, to support patient care across the hospital. The role offers flexible shifts, with pay of £12.71 per hour plus enhanced rates after 8pm.

You will join a busy team helping move patients, deliver items and uphold safety and cleanliness throughout the site. Ideal candidates are active, reliable, and able to communicate clearly in English.

Qualifications

• Physically active role in a busy hospital environment.
• Full UK driving licence required.
• Confident spoken and written English communication.
• Manual Handling training or relevant experience.
• Positive attitude with good teamwork and bedside manner.

Responsibilities

• Safely transferring patients and visitors between wards and departments (A&E, X-ray, inpatient).
• Delivering essential items across the hospital (medications, blood products, specimens, notes, equipment, furniture, gas cylinders).
• Supporting cleanliness and safety through waste collection and disposal (clinical, general, recycling).
• Ensuring waste is segregated and handled per procedures.
• Adhering to health and safety standards at all times.
• Using equipment and PPE safely as trained.

Skills

Physically active

UK driving licence

English communication

Manual Handling training

Team player

Job description

Hospital Porter

Trust: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Location: Alexandra Hospital, Woodrow Drive, Redditch, B98 7UB

Pay Rate: £12.71 per hour + enhanced rates after 8pm

Shift Pattern: Flexible shifts available Monday to Sunday

Keep the Hospital Moving. Make a Difference Every Day.

Are you looking for a rewarding, active role where no two days are the same? Join Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust as a Porter and play a vital role in supporting patient care across the hospital.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys being on the move, working as part of a team, and making a real difference behind the scenes. With flexible shifts available, you can achieve a better work-life balance while contributing to an essential NHS service.

About the Trust

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust provides vital hospital services to over 580,000 people across Worcestershire and surrounding areas. With sites including Alexandra Hospital, Kidderminster Hospital and Treatment Centre, and Worcestershire Royal Hospital, the Trust delivers outstanding care to patients every day.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Porter, you'll be at the heart of hospital operations, ensuring patients, staff, and departments receive the support they need.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Safely transferring patients and visitors between wards and departments, including A&E, X-ray, and inpatient wards.
• Delivering essential items across the hospital, including medications, blood products, specimens, medical notes, equipment, furniture, and medical gas cylinders.
• Supporting hospital cleanliness and safety through the collection and disposal of clinical, general, and recycling waste.
• Ensuring waste is correctly segregated and handled in line with hospital procedures.
• Adhering to health and safety standards at all times.
• Using equipment and PPE safely and effectively in accordance with training provided.

What We're Looking For

We're seeking reliable, hardworking individuals who:

• Enjoy a physically active, fast-paced role.
• Have a full UK driving licence.
• Communicate confidently in spoken and written English.
• Hold Manual Handling training (or have relevant experience).
• Have a positive attitude and strong team-working skills.
• Can remain professional and compassionate when interacting with patients and visitors.

As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits:

As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits:

• Competitive pay rates- work this week, get paid next week
• Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days- call us anytime
• Multi locational- work across neighbouring Trusts
• Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
• Varied working options to suit your lifestyle- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
• Training and development opportunities- Keep up with the essentials and more
• Build holiday allowance for every shift you work- your work life balance is important to us
• Stakeholder pension scheme available- a flexible future for you and yours

Who are NHS Professionals?

We specialise in putting people in place to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members.

As an equal opportunities’ organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply