Porter

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A NHS Trust organization in Stevenage is looking for dedicated Porters to join their team. The successful candidate will be responsible for moving patients, changing medical gases, and assisting with various hospital duties. Previous experience in a hospital is desirable but not essential, as full training will be provided. This role operates in a 24/7 environment with flexible rotas and aligns with the Trust's core values of respect and improvement. Join us in providing outstanding care to our patients.

Qualifications

• Willingness to undertake training as required.
• Good customer care skills are essential.
• Understanding of portering duties is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Move patients by bed, wheelchairs, and trolleys.
• Change medical gases and collect blood products.
• Take deceased to the mortuary and specimens to labs.

Skills

Good verbal and written skills

Ability to prioritise workload

Ability to work as part of a team

Conscientious approach to work

Education

English and Maths to GCSE level

Job description

Go back East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Porter

The closing date is 30 December 2025

We are recruiting for Porters who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

An opportunity has arisen within the Portering team at East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust for a general porter to join our team at Lister Hospital. You will need to be flexible as we are a 24/7 department 365 days of the year.

Previous experience in a hospital is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided.

This role involves working on a rolling rota 06.30-14.30/14.30-22.30

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The Porter will move patients by bed, wheelchairs, and trolleys, change medical gases, collect blood products, take specimens to the pathology lab, take deceased to the mortuary and full training will be provided.

You will be familiar with appropriate Health and Safety Policies and Procedures.

The successful candidate will co-operate with the Trust in maintaining suitable standards of Health and Safety including adhering to all Trust Policies and Procedures, always work in compliance with rules and working practices.

Th post holder is required to participate in training as appropriate and put your skills and knowledge into practice. Training will be identified and carried out to fulfil the requirements of this job description

You may also be required to fulfil other duties as appropriate to the grade that may be determined from time to time.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high‑quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

• English and Maths to GCSE level
• Willingness to undertake training as required
• Good customer care skills

Previous Experience

• Working in a related patient/customer related field
• Working to deadlines
• Working in a hospital environment

Skills

• Good verbal and written skills
• Ability to prioritise workload
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Conscientious approach to work

Knowledge

• Understanding of portering duties
• Any previous related training

Other Requirements

• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Role model our Trust values every day
• Health and Safety

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.

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust