Porter

Job Description:

Job Title: Porter
Pay: £12.92 per hour (Mon–Fri), £18.22 per hour (night shifts & Saturday), £23.65 per hour (Sunday & Bank Holidays).
Trust: Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Alder Hey Hospital

Shift Patterns: Monday to Sunday: 07:00–15:00, 08:00–16:00, 15:00–23:00, and 23:00–07:00.

Join our team as a porter!

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is looking for 1 dedicated Porter to join our team. This is a great opportunity to play an important role in supporting patients, staff, and the smooth running of the hospital. You will help with the safe movement of patients, medical equipment, and supplies across the hospital.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Follow instructions from Line Manager, Chargehand, or ward staff.
• Safely transfer patients across wards, departments, and outpatient areas using beds, wheelchairs, or trolleys.
• Deliver and collect medical gases, urgent medical equipment, notes, specimens, and X-rays as required.
• Assist with deceased patient transfers and support viewings for relatives.
• Respond to emergency situations, including cardiac arrest, fire calls, and ambulance arrivals.
• Support hospital operations, including vehicle checks, security, and general portering tasks.

You’ll have the following skills/experience:

• GCSEs (or equivalent) including English and Maths.
• Good communication, literacy, and computer skills.
• Ability to work well with others and prioritise tasks.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety, Moving & Handling, Customer Care, and Infection Control.
• Professional, proactive, and able to use initiative.
• Full clean manual driving licence.

As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits:

• Competitive pay rates- work this week, get paid next week
• Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days- call us anytime
• Multi locational- work across neighbouring Trusts
• Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
• Varied working options to suit your lifestyle- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
• Training and development opportunities- Keep up with the essentials and more
• Build holiday allowance for every shift you work- your work life balance is important to us
• Stakeholder pension scheme available- a flexible future for you and yours

Who are NHS Professionals?

We specialise in putting people in place to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members.

As an equal opportunities’ organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply.

Disclaimer

Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion

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