Waste Porter

NHS; Crewe; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Crewe is seeking a Waste Porter to provide portering services within the hospital. The role requires you to have a C1 licence and involves transporting medical supplies, handling patients' belongings, and maintaining cleanliness in public areas. You will be joining a dedicated team within the estates department and will interact with various clinical and non-clinical staff. The position is full-time, working 5 days a week, including alternate weekends and bank holidays.

Qualifications

• You must hold a C1 licence for this job.
• Experience in a healthcare setting is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Transport medical supplies and specimens to laboratories.
• Use handling techniques to move medical equipment.
• Provide portering services to patients, staff, and public.

Skills

Good communication skills

Ability to work well with people from diverse backgrounds

Positivity

Stamina and physical fitness

Ability to work under pressure

Flexibility

Job description

Waste Porter

The closing date is 19 January 2026

We have a full time position available for a 'Waste Porter' at Leighton Hospital which will be working 5/7 - 7 am to 3 pm - to include alternate weekends and required to work various Bank Holiday shifts - to be discussed further at interview.

YOU WILL NEED TO HOLD A C1 LICENCE FOR THIS JOB - PLEASE NOTE APPLICANTS WHO DO NOT HOLD A C1 LICENCE YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED

A hospital porter should

• Have good communication skills.
• Be able to work well with people from a wide range of backgrounds.
• Be friendly, polite and helpful.
• Have a positive outlook.
• Be fit and have high levels of stamina.
• Be able to work well under pressure.
• Act calmly and quickly in emergencies.
• Be able to follow instructions.
• Be reliable, hardworking, honest and trustworthy.
• Deal sensitively with patients and visitors who are anxious, distressed or very unwell.
• Have a flexible attitude to work.

Main duties of the job

• Using special handling techniques to move expensive, specialist medical equipment from one part of the hospital to another.
• Transporting medical supplies, such as oxygen cylinders, and collecting and returning them when they are empty.
• Collecting blood samples and medical specimens from wards, clinics and theatres, and taking them to laboratories.
• Transporting general clinical waste and hazardous materials.
• Removing patients' bodies from wards and operating theatres and taking them to the mortuary.
• Bringing clean sheets and other items to the wards and removing dirty linen.
• Delivering patients' meals to wards and removing used crockery and cutlery.
• Delivering post to different departments of the hospital.
• Delivering supplies to wards and departments.

You will be a part of the portering services team within the estates department and will have contact with clinical and non-clinical staff. You could work with nurses, operating department practitioners, healthcare assistants, housekeepers, security staff or catering staff.

About us

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K).

The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford. The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff.

An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance. With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022 the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester 'places' and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its 'Be Safe Be EquiPPEd' campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.

Job responsibilities

• To provide a Portering service in public, patient and staff areas. To follow NHS guidance and work to the requirements of NHS standards, liaising with departmental and ward managers, housekeepers sand supervisors to deliver a patient focused service.

Service Delivery

• To provide a porter service in all patient, public and staff areas.
• To assist with the transfer of patients in and around the Trust.
• To transport patients notes from and to wards, departments and medical records library.
• To maintain entrances and exits to the premises so that they are free from litter, leaves etc.
• To transfer the deceased and accept BIDs in accordance with agreed mortuary procedures.
• To transport and replace medical gas cylinders for wards and departments.
• To direct patients and visitors around the Trust and help with patient, visitor enquiries.
• To collect and distribute goods within the Trust.
• To transport & dispose of household, confidential and clinical waste in accordance with Trust Policy.
• To maintain and clean manual and electrical equipment and to report maintenance issues to the supervisor.

Person Specification

Skills

• Experience of working in a Healthcare Establishment
• Ability to prioritise work

values

• A commitment to quality and safety.
• A recognition of the importance of showing respect, dignity and compassion to patients and colleagues.

Behaviours

• Must be willing to act as a role model.
• Must have the courage to speak up.

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.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust