Porter, Portering / Facilities

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Worcestershire is seeking dedicated porters to assist with patient transport and logistical support within the hospital. Candidates should exhibit a professional approach, ability to handle stress, and good communication skills. The role offers a range of responsibilities from moving patients to delivering pharmaceuticals, contributing to efficient hospital operations.

Qualifications

• Professional and sympathetic approach to people.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Basic computer knowledge for online learning.

Responsibilities

• Move patients on beds and trolleys around the hospital.
• Collect and deliver specimen samples and pharmaceuticals.
• Assist with waste service collection.

Skills

Good spoken English

Basic IT skills

Professional approach

Ability to remain calm under stress

Excellent verbal skills

Understanding of Health & Safety

Job description

Overview

Job Summary

An opportunity to join a dynamic team with a customer focused approach. Tasks can be patient facing and other tasks involve supporting the clinical teams to ensure the efficient running of the hospital. A flexible approach is essential to ensure that the daily demands of the role can be met. If you like a role which presents a variety of challenges, then come and join the team.

Note: We do not offer Certificates of Sponsorships for this role.

Details

Job title and posting – Band 2, Permanent, Full-time

Salary – £24,465 a year

Location – The Alexandra Hospital, Woodrow Drive, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 7UB

Date posted – 15 September 2025

Job Responsibilities

Typical day-to-day responsibilities of our porters include:

• Moving patients on beds, trolleys and chairs around the hospital
• Collecting and delivering specimen samples, blood products
• Delivering pharmaceuticals to wards and departments
• Collection and delivery of medical gases
• Waste service collection
• Patient food trolleys, clean linen deliveries
• Postal services, furniture moves
• We work with the mortuary department

About Us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond. The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester. Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours underpin our everyday work.

Our Objectives

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system. We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation, demonstrating our commitment to flexible working as a flex-positive employer.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Desirable

• Good spoken English, along with good reading and writing skills
• Basic IT skills

Experience

Essential

• Requires a professional and sympathetic approach to people
• Ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• Ability to accept criticism and learn from it
• To work within and be part of the team and carry out tasks independently
• Excellent verbal, thinking and reasoning skills
• Good understanding of Health & Safety
• Basic computer knowledge to complete online learning

Disclosures

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

Employer details

Employer – Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address – The Alexandra Hospital, Woodrow Drive, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 7UB

Employer's website – https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/