Porter - Liverpool Women's Hospital

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking Porters to join the Porter Services Department at the Liverpool Women's Hospital. The role involves moving patients, delivering meals, transporting equipment and supporting rapid responses across shifts Monday to Sunday.

The closing date is 17 November 2026. Successful applicants will need excellent communication, customer service, and discretion.

Qualifications

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good Customer Service Skills.
• Understanding for health and safety issues.
• Ability to work within a team and on your own.
• Ability to use tact and diplomacy in all situations.
• Able to react flexibly in changing circumstances.
• Basic computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Transport of patients to wards and departments including emergency bed and stretcher patients.
• Take specimens to laboratories.
• Collect clinical waste from wards and departments.
• Deliver meal trolleys to and from wards.
• Delivery of equipment to wards and departments.
• Attending fire response at the request of line manager.
• Delivery of drugs from wards and departments including controlled drugs.
• Any other designated duties as and when required by the porter services management.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Customer service

Health & safety

Team & independent work

Diplomacy

Basic computer skills

Education

NVQ2 or equivalent

Job description

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Porter - Liverpool Women's Hospital

The closing date is 17 November 2026

We are looking to recruit Porters to work various shifts Monday to Sunday supporting the Porter Services Department at Liverpool University Hospitals (Aintree Site).

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and capable individual with high standards of communication and a positive work attitude. You must be of smart appearance, polite manner and possess excellent customer service skills.

You will be responsible for supporting service improvements and encouraging the delivery of high productivity; supported by excellent customer care.

You will be able to work on your own initiative and under direction, whilst maintaining confidentiality and discretion at all times. The ability to prioritise your own workload and multi-task, as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.

In this role you will be required to provide a customer focused Porter service.

Successful applicants must have:

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good Customer Service Skills.
• Understanding for health and safety issues.
• Ability to work within a team and on your own.
• Ability to use tact and diplomacy in all situations.
• Able to react flexibly in changing circumstances.
• Basic computer skills.

You should be a team player who will support other team members, Coordinators and Managers.

Main duties of the job

The role of a Porter is instrumental to the smooth running of the Hospital, you will move patients, deliver patient meals and manage safe movement of other medical equipment.

Porters should have the ability to work quickly and calmly in emergencies, have good interpersonal skills with the ability to listen and empathise, be patient and tolerant, a good physical fitness and have the ability follow instructions and work to tight time constraints.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit theircareers page

Job responsibilities

Transport of patients to wards and departments including emergency bed and stretcher patients.

Take specimens to laboratories.

Collect clinical waste from wards and departments.

Deliver meal trolleys to and from wards.

Delivery of equipment to wards and departments.

Attending fire response at the request of line manager.

Delivery of drugs from wards and departments including controlled drugs.

Any other designated duties as and when required by the porter services management.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• An understanding of SOP's and policies relating to the area

Qualifications

• NVQ2 or equivalent

Skills

• Good written and verbal skills

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.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust