Theatre Porter | East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

ESHT; St Leonards; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Band 2 Theatre Porter at Conquest Hospital in St Leonards, England. This full-time role involves transporting patients, equipment, and specimens while providing essential support to theatre teams. Candidates must demonstrate strong communication and organizational skills, essential for working in a multidisciplinary team. The position includes working weekends and bank holidays. A variety of staff benefits, including development opportunities and access to support services, are offered.

Benefits

Staff development

NHS pension scheme

Access to onsite nurseries

Staff restaurants

Accommodation

Free psychological support

Qualifications

• Ability to demonstrate excellent communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the patients journey through theatres.
• Transport essential and non-essential equipment, specimens, and blood products.
• Support daily waste management through theatres.
• Assist Theatre/PACU staff with transferring/positioning patients.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Conquest Hospital for a Band 2 Theatre Porter.

The job role will include participating in collection of patients from surgical wards, transporting patients, equipment, specimens and general support as required to the PACU and theatre teams.

This is a full time service and you will be required to work some weekends and bank holidays throughout the year.

You should be able to demonstrate excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills as working in part of a Multidisciplinary Team is essential to this role.

• To facilitate the patients journey through theatres.
• To transport essential and non-essential equipment, specimens and blood products around the hospital.
• To support the daily waste management through theatres.
• Assisting Theatre/PACU staff with the transferring/positioning of patients on beds and trollies.

Benefits

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto‑enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries, staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

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This advert closes on Monday 22 Dec 2025