Position: Porter
Band: 2
Main area: Portering
Grade: Band 2
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time – 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £24,465 per annum
Closing date: 17/11/2025 23:59
Job Overview
We are looking to recruit Porters to work various shifts Monday to Sunday supporting the Porter Services Department at Liverpool University Hospitals (Aintree Site). This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and capable individual with high standards of communication and a positive work attitude. You must be of smart appearance, polite manner and possess excellent customer service skills. You will be responsible for supporting service improvements and encouraging the delivery of high productivity; supported by excellent customer care. You will be able to work on your own initiative and under direction, whilst maintaining confidentiality and discretion at all times. The ability to prioritise your own workload and multi‑task, as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential. In this role you will be required to provide a customer focused Porter service.
Successful Applicants Must Have
* Good verbal and written communication skills.
* Good Customer Service Skills.
* Understanding for health and safety issues.
* Ability to work within a team and on your own.
* Ability to use tact and diplomacy in all situations.
* Able to react flexibly in changing circumstances.
* Basic computer skills.
You should be a team player who will support other team members, Coordinators and Managers.
This vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received so please apply soon if interested.
Responsibilities
The role of a Porter is instrumental to the smooth running of the Hospital; you will move patients, deliver patient meals and manage safe movement of other medical equipment. Porters should have the ability to work quickly and calmly in emergencies, have good interpersonal skills with the ability to listen and empathise, be patient and tolerant, possess good physical fitness and have the ability to follow instructions and work to tight time constraints.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities – from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
* Transport of patients to wards and departments including emergency bed and stretcher patients.
* Take specimens to laboratories.
* Collect clinical waste from wards and departments.
* Deliver meal trolleys to and from wards.
* Delivery of equipment to wards and departments.
* Attending fire response at the request of line manager.
* Delivery of drugs from wards and departments including controlled drugs.
* Post-room duties.
* Any other designated duties as and when required by the porter services management.
Person Specification
* Knowledge: An understanding of SOP's and policies relating to the area.
* Qualifications: NVQ2 or equivalent.
* Skills: Good written and verbal skills.
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Equality, diversity and flexible working
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work‑life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under‑represented in our workforce: black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16‑24.
Disability, DBS and visa
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced). From April 2017, skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website – https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero‑tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers) are expected to maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse / any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements 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.
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