Porter

Transformationunitgm; Town of Porter (NY); On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization is seeking a Porter to join their multidisciplinary team. The role involves transferring patients, transporting equipment, and ensuring the smooth operation of hospital logistics. Ideal candidates will have previous experience in a portering role and possess strong communication skills. This full-time position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to work in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a hospital portering role.
• Evidence of manual handling and physical fitness.
• Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Transfer patients safely from one area to another.
• Assist with the movement of patients using wheelchairs or trolleys.
• Ensure collection and transportation of clinical waste and pathology samples.

Skills

Manual handling

Physical fitness

Good communication

Flexibility

Education

NVQ certificate

Job description

Main area UEC Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (To include Day shifts and Twilight shifts) Job ref 370-EST2AMU-1620

Employer Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Warrington Hospital Town Warrington Salary £24,169 as per rota Salary period Yearly Closing 25/05/2025 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 2

Job overview

AMU is a fast paced working environment , We are a multidisciplinary team working together to provide high standard of care for our patients.

As a porter, you will carry out a full range of portering duties within the hospital, which will include the efficient transfer of patients, transportation of equipment, ward/department-based furniture, pathology specimens, linen, and waste.

It would be desirable that you have previous experience in a Porter role.

Main duties of the job

Main tasks and responsibilities

• To work collaboratively within Clinical Business Unit (CBU)/ Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC)
• Carry out the movement of patients from department to department using wheelchairs trolleys or beds.
• Assist nursing staff with the movement of patient beds.
• Carry out the delivery of Pharmacy Supplies and collection of Pharmacy boxes from Wards and departments.
• Ensure routine tasks are completed such as the portering of pathology samples including the collection of blood/blood product.
• Basic security duties.
• Collect patient case notes on request, ensuring the correct notes are collected.
• Ensure domestic waste, clinical waste and soiled linen is collected, transported and stored in accordance with procedure.
• Transport Oxygen cylinders to wards on request, checking the gauges beforehand.
• Take delivery of oxygen cylinders and ensure they are stored correctly.

Working for our organisation

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and job specification within the vacancy information to ensure the role is right for you.

The Porter role will transfer patients safely from one area to another and will report to the Nurse Co-ordinator for allocation of any outstanding porter ing tasks.

Person specification

Skills

• Evidence of manual handling and physical fitness
• NVQ certificate

communication

• Evidence of good clear communication

flexibility

• Demonstrate flexibility within advertised role
• open to learning new skills and working ideas

Experience

• Experience working in a hospital portering role

WHH hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website .Please review your eligibility and the eligibility of the role before submitting your application.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.