Shift Porter

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

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Ormskirk is seeking a Porter to assist in patient transportation and logistics. The ideal candidate will ensure compliance with hygiene standards and assist with various operational duties. Opportunities for professional development are available within a supportive and dedicated healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Able to transport patients safely and efficiently.
• Familiarity with hospital logistics and waste collection.
• Adherence to hygiene standards and trust policies.

Responsibilities

• Move patients in beds and chairs.
• Transport medical equipment and furniture.
• Collect clinical and domestic waste from wards.

Skills

Patient transportation

Equipment handling

Logistics management

Hygiene compliance

Customer service

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Porter to join our team here at Ormskirk Hospital

Porters at Ormskirk Hospital perform a variety of essential duties:

• Patient and Equipment Transportation: Moving patients in beds and chairs, as well as transporting medical equipment and furniture between departments.

• Logistics and Deliveries: Transferring specimens, pharmacy boxes, and other important items throughout the hospital.

• Waste Collection: Collecting various types of waste, including potentially hazardous materials.

• General Support: Providing assistance and direction to patients and visitors.

• Main duties of the job: The post holder will assist the Portering team leader providing a customer focused service; deliver an efficient and effective portering service to patients, visitors, and all wards / departments; ensure the patient environment is maintained to a high standard and safe working practices adhere to in all aspects of environmental/hygiene management.

About the Trust

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9,000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Details

Date posted: 01 October 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 2

Salary: £24,465 a year Per Annum, Pro Rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Location: Ormskirk Hospital, Wigan Road, Ormskirk, L392AZ

Job responsibilities

Financial Management

• Ensure economic use of all materials
• Ensure good practise to minimise waste

Quality Management

• Ensure good customer relations working with patients and other groups of staff
• Maintain and improve all aspects of the service
• Participate, as appropriate, in staff involvement group for all aspects of quality

Hygiene Management

• Ensure compliance with all legal requirements of food safety
• Maintain high standards of personal hygiene as advised by infection control

Human Resources Management

• Ensure compliance with all trust policies
• Provide guidance and assistance to new or existing members of staff
• To attend training courses as required
• Participate in annual refresher sessions in accordance with your personal development programme

Operational Duties

• The collection of refuse including clinical, domestic, confidential, special and recyclable waste from wards and departments as and when required
• The brushing of all hospital entrances to ensure high standards
• Maintain a safe and secure environment for staff, patients and visitors, including regular security inspections and attendance at security incidents; respond to fire alarm activations
• Issuing of keys
• Safe patient movement (including unescorted x-ray and ECG patients)
• Movement of case notes in line with trust policy regarding confidentiality and data protection
• Collection of soiled linen and distribution of clean linen
• Movement of furniture and equipment in wards and offices when required
• Delivery of meals, stores and provisions to wards by road vehicles (electrical and fuel powered)
• Daily safety checks on meals delivery vehicles
• Safe collection and transport of bloods and specimens to the labs
• Transport blood to and from pathology and theatre
• Assisting with transfer of bodies from wards to the mortuary (ODGH: arrange and liaise with relatives; SDGH to open mortuary out of hours for undertakers)
• Store keeping including storage and stock rotation
• Postal delivery/collection as required
• Medical gas checking and replacement
• Car parking duties (including issuing car park tokens)
• Comply with pharmacy work procedures as required

Disclosure and DBS

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Ormskirk Hospital, Wigan Road, Ormskirk, L392AZ

Note: This description has been refined to remove non-essential boilerplate and present responsibilities and qualifications clearly in structured sections.