Porter Supervisor

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust; Harlow; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Harlow is seeking a Porter Supervisor to manage daily line operations of the portering team. The role involves supervising staff tasks, organizing schedules, and ensuring services meet quality standards. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership skills and relevant qualifications. Competitive salary of £24,937 to £26,598 plus a high cost area supplement.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of staff on shift and monitor tasks.
• Organise roster to cover absence and annual leave.
• Ensure standards and response times are met.

Skills

Ability to manage and motivate a large team

Education

Maths and English

Computer literate able to use MS Office package

Certificate in first line management

Job description

Porter Supervisor

The closing date is 28 October 2025

The Portering team are seeking a self‑motivated competent supervisor, to provide day‑to‑day line management to our Portering team for a 12‑month contract.

Main duties of the job

• Supervising a team of staff on shift. Allocating, delegating and monitoring tasks in accordance with the specifications. Ensure that all day‑to‑day tasks are completed at the end of the shift but where necessary hand over to the next shift co‑ordinator.
• To prioritise and allocate various tasks to the appropriate staff via the use of computer/radio system as appropriate, ensuring correct procedures are followed.
• To ensure that standards and response times are met and if necessary updating tasks with reasons for delay.

Organise roster to cover absence and annual leave.

About us

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart—Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.

Everyday excellence—Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.

Creative collaboration—Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification. Available to download at any time.

Person Specification

Education

• Maths and English
• Computer literate able to use MC office package
• Certificate in first line management

Skills

• Ability to manage and motivate a large team

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

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum, plus 5% high cost area supplement