Overview
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Healthcare Porter at Harrogate District Hospital. Harrogate Integrated Facilities (HIF) invites applications for a Healthcare Porter role. Duties include patient movement, collection and delivery of specimens and instruments to ward and clinical areas, waste collection and responding to requests to support onsite emergency incidents.
What would a working day look like?
You're working early shifts this week and tasked with moving medical equipment from the third floor of the Abbey Wing to the Day Surgery Unit on the ground floor. The equipment is valuable and delicate, so you use your skills to move it. Then you're off to Fountains Ward to take a patient to the x-ray department. After the x-ray, you bring them back to their ward. The rest of your shift includes moving patients around the hospital and delivering stocks of emergency drugs to the right wards. You are an essential part of the hospital team, working with many different patients and staff.
What skills do you need for this role?
The postholder must be able to move heavy items easily and push them considerable distances. They must have good people skills and be able to work a number of shifts to meet the service's needs.
Does this sound like you?
If so, and you'd like to work in a hospital environment and be an essential part of a healthcare team, this could be the role for you!
About us
Harrogate Integrated Facilities (HIF) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Harrogate and District Foundation Trust (HDFT). HIF provides Maintenance, Sterile Services, Portering, Catering, Equipment Library, Linen and Sewing Room, Security, Car Parking, General Office, Front Desk, Reception, Waste Management, Courier Services, Security Services and Domestics.
Our mission is to be an exceptional provider of integrated facilities for the benefit of our communities, our staff and our partners.
Important information
Please note: due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications. Visa sponsorship is available for certain roles; ensure the role meets the criteria for a visa before applying. The company does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
Details
Date posted: 01 September 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for Change
Band: Band 2
Salary: £24,465 per year, pro rata + enhancements
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 421-HIF-3285R
Job locations: Harrogate District Hospital, Lancaster Park Road, Harrogate, HG2 7SX
Job description and responsibilities
You will ensure that service users, materials and equipment are safely and appropriately transferred around the hospital to the standard required while delivering an effective and efficient service that meets contractual obligations, KPIs and in accordance with agreed Company and Trust policies and procedures.
The Portering Service provides 24 hours per day, including night shifts. For more information please see the Job Description and Personal Specification attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Essential: Good Secondary Education
Desirable
* GCSE English & Maths Grade C (or equivalent)
Knowledge
* Desirable: Former NHS experience
Skills
* Essential: Compassionate and friendly personality
* Essential: Confident and adaptable with a strong customer focus
* Essential: Flexible and supportive
Disclosure and Sponsorship
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 DBS to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants for entry clearance must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here: Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
Employer details
Harrogate Integrated Facilities
Harrogate District Hospital, Lancaster Park Road, Harrogate, HG2 7SX
Employer's website: hdft.nhs.uk
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