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Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust; Appley Bridge; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Waste Porter based at Wrightington Hospital. The role is 37.5 hours per week with a 1.00 pm–9.00 pm shift, Monday to Friday. The post may require covering for colleagues during absences and involves moving patients, goods and waste across the site.

Portering Services operate 24/7 across all trust sites. Training will be provided, and applicants should be numerate, reliable, flexible and capable of working in a busy hospital

Qualifications

• Numeracy skills suitable for handling everyday tasks.
• Good communication with patients and colleagues.
• Reliable and flexible to cover shifts as required.
• Fully informed that training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Remove waste from all areas of the Trust as part of the site porter team.
• Move patients and goods using vehicles, powered movers and equipment as directed.
• Provide day-to-day portering services to wards, departments and staff.
• Support clinical services by moving patients goods and waste as required.
• Ensure safety and compliance with department procedures and local policies.

Skills

Numeracy

Communication

Reliability

Flexibility

Job description

Waste Porter | Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Company: Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

We are currently looking to recruit a Porter based at Wrightington Hospital for 37.5 hours per week with a shift pattern working between 1.00 pm to 9.00 pm Monday to Friday,

The post holder would be expected should the need arise to provide cover for colleagues during periods of absence.

Based at the above siteand providing an efficient day to day Portering service for patients, service users transferring patients and all manner of stock items to and from all departments across the site.

Portering Services provides 24 hours, 7 day a week, 365 days a year service across all trust sites.

The successful candidates will have good numeracy and communication skills, a reliable worker and be flexible in their availability to work all manner of shifts in any 24-hour period.

Previous experience of working in a similar environment would be beneficial, but full training will be provided.

Please note that this vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received. We encourage interested candidates to apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

THIS POST IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SPONSORSHIP.

As a member of the site porter team, you will be primarily responsible for the removal of waste from all areas within the Trust. However, you may be asked to undertake a wide range of duties as directed by the Porter Supervisors / Hotel Services Officers, if service levels require this.

Providing an efficient day to day Portering service for patients, service users transferring patients and all manner of stock items to and from all departments across the site.

To support the provision of clinical services throughout the Trust, undertaking the movement of patient’s goods and waste as required. Using vehicles, powered movers and equipment as directed.

Portering Services provides 24 hours, 7 day a week, 365 days a year service across all trust sites.

Choose Well – Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.

Values

• People at the Heart
• Listen and Involve
• Kind and Respectful

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. We are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

Key results from the job holder

As a member of the site porter team, you will undertake a wide range of duties as directed by the Porter Supervisors / Hotel Services Managers.

You are required to undertake the movement of patients and goods as required. Using vehicles, powered movers and equipment as directed.

Support the provision of clinical services to Wards and Departments.

Planning and Organisational Duties

• Undertakes daily tasks as requested by Porter Supervisor, Wards and Departments.
• Movement of patients including the deceased, by bed chair or trolley.
• Movement of goods, e.g. mail, medical gasses, pharmacy items, samples, dirty linen & waste.
• Satisfactory performance of duties as laid down in Department Operational Policies, in accordance with approved methods, frequencies and standards.
• Use of equipment and machinery as directed.
• Use of electrical/conventional vehicles as directed.

Communications and Key Working Relationships

• Adopt a flexible approach when undertaking Porter duties as part of the hospital support team.
• Use radio/pager communication systems as directed.
• Prompt response to radio or bleep calls.
• Routine communication with patients’ hospital staff and public.
• Compliance with Trust and Local procedures.

Responsibility for Finance

• May be required to secure buildings.
• Always keep personal equipment secure e.g. bleeps/radios.
• Compliance with Trust and Local procedures.

Responsibility for Human Resources

• Demonstrate own duties to new starters.
• Attend courses as directed, ensure compliance with mandatory training.
• Compliance with Trust and Local procedures.
• Complete timesheet or work record.

Responsibility for Health & Safety

• Responsible for ensuring own safety at work.
• Report any equipment defects to Supervisors.
• Significant manual handling required, e.g. Patients, trolleys, waste bins, cages.
• Reports accidents at work and defects with machinery and buildings to the Porter Supervisor.
• Act as part of the Fire Response/Major Incident response team.
• Compliance Trust and Local procedures.

This advert closes on Tuesday 29 Sep 2026

Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust