Porter

NHS; Salford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Salford is seeking a full-time Porter to ensure the smooth transfer of patients and medical supplies within the hospital. This role involves working flexible hours, including evenings and weekends. Candidates must possess basic English and maths skills, along with a full driving licence. The organization offers a competitive benefits package, emphasizing work-life balance and personal downtime, making it an opportunity for those who wish to contribute meaningfully while advancing their career.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protection for health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both written and spoken.
• Basic numerical skills to handle tasks efficiently.
• Valid driving licence required for transportation duties.

Responsibilities

• Perform full range of portering duties including patient transfers.
• Drive vehicles on and off the hospital site as needed.
• Assist in the transportation of medical supplies within the hospital.

Skills

Basic English both written and verbal

Basic maths skills

Full driving licence

Job description

Go back Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Porter

The closing date is 04 January 2026

We are looking to hire a Porter to work full-time 37.5 hours per week over a 24 hour 7 day week for a 6 month period, within the Portering Service at Salford Care Organisation.

You will also be required to be flexible in your working pattern as you may be required to work evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to carry out the full range of portering duties, which may include driving vehicles onto and off the site, transfer of patients around the site by wheelchair, trolley or bed, including deceased patients and all associated mortuary duties.

You may also be required to transfer medical notes and medical supplies around the hospital site to various wards and departments. In addition to working on waste duties with the waste team.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Basic English both written and verbal
• Basic maths skills
• Full driving licence

Experience

• Experience of working various shift patterns

Knowledge

• Knowledge of hospital environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.