Radiology Porter

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Wales is looking for a Radiology Porter at the University Hospital of Wales. The role includes transporting patients, moving furniture, and delivering supplies. Candidates must be well-presented and possess excellent communication skills. The job requires working Monday to Friday with some unsociable hours and provides a supportive working environment. This full-time permanent position offers a salary of £24,833 annually.

Qualifications

• Previous experience of working with the General public.
• Polite, courteous and friendly.
• NVQ in Customer Service is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients on beds, trolleys and wheelchairs.
• Move furniture and deliver supplies within the hospital.
• Assist with changing medical gases like oxygen cylinders.

Skills

Good telephone manner

Leadership skills

Numeracy skills

Literacy skills

Good communicator

Team worker

Education

Formal educational qualifications

Job description

Job summary

Our Radiology Porters provide an invaluable service transporting patients on beds, trolleys and wheelchairs around the hospital site. They are also involved with a wide range of other duties including moving furniture, delivering supplies, delivering of specimens to the laboratories and changing medical gases for example oxygen cylinders.

Main duties of the job

We currently have a vacancy for the role of a Radiology porter in University Hospital of Wales (UHW), in a busy Radiology department.

The vacancy is Monday to Friday (one Saturday every four weeks and Bank Holidays on a rolling Rota). The hours of work are 09:00 to 6pm and 11:30am to 8pm.

Saturday and Bank Holiday working attracts a 50% enhancement in addition to basic salary.

To succeed in this role you will need to be well presented, have excellent communication skills, be flexible and adaptable in your work and demonstrate a genuinely caring approach to others. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

We are looking for someone who shares the values of the University Health Board (UHB): where we trust and respect each other, where we take personal responsibility, act with integrity and where we treat people with kindness. Staff who work in the UHB care about the people we serve and the people we work with, therefore these are essential attributes the successful candidate must have.

Details

Date posted: 10 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,833 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

001-EA032-1225

Job locations

University Hospital of Wales, Radiology Department

Heath Park

Cardiff

CF14 4XW

Person specification

• Experience Essential: Previous Experience of working with the General public.
• Well presented, Working unsociable hours and Bank Holidays. Polite, Courteous and friendly.
• Experience Desirable: Previous hospital portering experience, Experience of working within the NHS or healthcare system.
• Skills Essential: Good telephone manner, Keyboard skills, Leadership skills.
• Skills Desirable: Previous Keyboard skills in NHS.
• Qualifications Essential: Numeracy skills and Literacy skills. Formal educational qualifications.
• Qualifications Desirable: NVQ in Customer Service.
• Personal Qualities Essential: Good communicator, Approachable, Polite, Courteous, Friendly, and Team worker.
• Personal Qualities Desirable: Flexible and Ability to motivate others.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Employer's website

https://cavuhb.nhs.wales/