Portering Supervisor

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Cottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Portering Supervisor to lead a busy team across the Trust's hospital sites, ensuring safe, timely portering services and effective patient movement. The role requires flexibility for weekends and night shifts and a valid UK driving licence.

You will work within a hospital environment and liaise with other departments to coordinate movements and deliveries.

Qualifications

• Health and safety trained and able to implement safety procedures.
• Management or supervisory qualification or evidence of progression toward.
• Fire safety trained and aware of associated procedures.
• NVQ or equivalent in customer care/support services (or working towards)

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise the portering team to ensure safe, timely services.
• Coordinate patient movement, equipment transport, medical products and records.
• Drive Trust vehicles as required for hospital operations.
• Undertake shifts including weekends and nights at either hospital site.

Skills

Team management

Portering operations

Communication skills

IT / word processing

Excel

Shift rostering

Staff development

Driving passenger vehicles

Knowledge of NHS plans

Health & Safety aware

Customer service

Education

Health & Safety Trained

Management / Supervisory Qualification or evidence of working towards

Fire Safety Trained

NVQ in customer care/support services (or working towards)

Job description

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Portering Supervisor

The closing date is 23 November 2026

We are looking for a reliable, motivated, and flexible Portering Supervisor with excellent communication and interpersonal skills suited to the special needs of a busy hospital environment. The portering supervisor is to lead their team in supporting the delivery of safe and timely portering services to our Hospitals and our patients. Applicants must be able to undertake shifts including weekends and nights working at either of our hospital sites and be able to meet the physical demands of the post.

No informal visits will be available prior to candidate interview date

Main duties of the job

The Portering department at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of services including: Patient movement, mortuary activity, transportation of equipment, medical products and medical records. The handling of medical gases and postal room duties. Tasks will involve driving Trust vehicles.

A Clean, valid UK driving licence is essential criteria for all applicants.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Applicants should note that all new appointments to Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are subject to the completion of a satisfactory 6 month probation period.

We remain committed to fair and equal recruitment practices and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

Application Completion

• ALL sections of application form FULLY completed

Education/ Qualifications

• Health & Safety Trained.
• Management / Supervisory Qualification or evidence of working towards.
• Fire Safety Trained
• NVQ in customer care/support services (or working towards)

Knowledge, Training & Experience

• Managing/ Supervising a team
• Good IT/Word Processing Skills
• Use of computerised systems.
• Experience of task allocation software.
• Shift patterns, preparation of shift rosters.
• Experience of staff development plans.
• Working knowledge of Excel spreadsheets
• Portering service in people-orientated environment
• Experience in hospital or similar environment
• Driving passenger transport or delivery vehicles
• Knowledge of one or more of Trust sites
• Knowledge of NHS plans, targets and initiatives

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and use of Email.

Other Requirements

• Clean, full, valid, manual UK driving license
• Enhanced DBS will be undertaken following interview for successful candidates
• Experience of driving transit van sized vehicles.

Special Attributes and other

• Physically fit
• Flexibility towards working arrangements
• Caring and understanding approach
• Interested in self- development

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

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital

Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital