Porter

NHS; Warrington; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Porter to join their multidisciplinary team at Warrington Hospital. The role involves transferring patients, transporting equipment, and supporting nursing staff in a fast-paced environment. Candidates should demonstrate physical fitness and good communication skills, with previous experience in a portering role being desirable.

Qualifications

• Evidence of manual handling and physical fitness required.
• Good, clear communication skills essential.
• Flexibility within the role is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Transfer patients safely between areas.
• Assist nursing staff with moving patient beds.
• Transport and store waste according to procedures.

Skills

Manual handling

Good communication

Flexibility

Education

NVQ certificate

Communication qualification/certificate

Job description

Job summary

AMU is a fast-paced working environment. We are a multidisciplinary team working together to provide a high standard of care for our patients.

As a porter, you will carry out a full range of portering duties within the hospital, including the efficient transfer of patients, transportation of equipment, ward/department-based furniture, pathology specimens, linen, and waste.

Previous experience in a Porter role is desirable.

Main duties of the job

Main tasks and responsibilities

• Work collaboratively within Clinical Business Unit (CBU)/Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC).
• Move patients from department to department using wheelchairs, trolleys, or beds.
• Assist nursing staff with moving patient beds.
• Deliver pharmacy supplies and collect pharmacy boxes from wards and departments.
• Carry out routine tasks such as portering pathology samples, including blood/blood product collection.
• Perform basic security duties.
• Collect patient case notes upon request, ensuring the correct notes are gathered.
• Transport and store domestic waste, clinical waste, and soiled linen according to procedures.
• Transport oxygen cylinders to wards, checking gauges beforehand, and ensure proper storage of delivered cylinders.

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organization that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience for our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, communities, and staff, and are dedicated to being a great place to receive healthcare, work, and learn.

Straddling the boroughs of Warrington and Halton, we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. Our hospitals are situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of approximately 330,000 residents.

Warrington Hospital hosts emergency, critical care, and maternity services, while Halton Hospital focuses on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre. Many services are also available at both sites and in community hubs.

We are a CQC-rated 'good' organization with 'outstanding' features and are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises over 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse, and inclusive employer, recognized for our work in equality, diversity, and inclusion. We have achieved numerous external accreditations and are working towards the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, emphasizing the importance of anti-racism in all we do.

Details

Date posted: 20 May 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for Change

Band: Band 2

Salary: £24,169 per year, as per rota

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 370-EST2AMU-1620

Job location: Warrington Hospital, Lovely Lane, Warrington, WA5 1QG

Job description

Please see attached job description and job specification within the vacancy information to ensure the role is suitable for you.

The Porter will transfer patients safely between areas and report to the Nurse Coordinator for allocation of porter tasks.

Person Specification

Skills

• Essential: Evidence of manual handling and physical fitness.
• Desirable: NVQ certificate.

Communication

• Essential: Evidence of good, clear communication.
• Desirable: Communication qualification/certificate, e.g., customer care.

Flexibility

• Essential: Demonstrate flexibility within the role.
• Desirable: Open to learning new skills and ideas.

Experience

• Desirable: Experience working in a hospital portering role.

Other requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A disclosure check via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) will be required.

Employer details

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Warrington Hospital, Lovely Lane, Warrington, WA5 1QG

Website: https://whh.nhs.uk