Job Summary
As an Environmental Porter with Devon Partnership NHS Trust, you will help provide safe, clean, and welcoming environments for the people who use our services. Our facilities are central to the quality of care we deliver, and this role ensures that our clinical and nonclinical areas remain hygienic, well maintained, and ready to support excellent patient experience. You will work as part of a dedicated Facilities team, carrying out a wide range of cleaning, waste management, and environmental support tasks across our sites. From maintaining high standards of cleanliness to assisting with the movement of equipment, supplies, and materials, your contribution will help create therapeutic settings where recovery and wellbeing can flourish. This is a hands-on, active role that requires reliability, attention to detail, and a commitment to maintaining safe working practices. You will interact with colleagues, service users, and visitors in a professional and respectful manner, representing the Trusts values in your everyday work. If you take pride in creating clean and safe environments and want to support the essential services that enable high quality mental health and learning disability care, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
* Unloading, loading and storage of equipment and deliveries from internal and external sources.
* Delivery of equipment and materials in support of departmental cleaning schedules, National Cleaning Standards, including specialist cleaning as required by Infection Control.
* Safe operation of and daily checks of all vehicles employed during the course of your duties.
* Ensuring correct waste segregation and disposal procedures in accordance with Trust policy.
* Collection and transportation of waste from end user areas to the centralised waste storage compound.
* Removal of soiled linen and distribution of clean linen to/from wards and departments.
* Completion of documentation as required by department, Trust, legislation, and standing instructions.
* To observe hygiene, hospital and client policies and procedures at all times, reporting any faults, defects or operational issues to the Line Manager.
* General portering tasks as requested, ensuring compliance with Health and Safety procedures.
* Other duties in accordance with the needs of the service, specifically cleaning duties during periods of absence of other related staff.
* Ad hoc deliveries/collections to/from other Trust locations.
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people\'s recovery.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Details
Date posted: 21 January 2026
Band: Band 2
Salary: £24,465 a year Pro Rata (18.75 hours per week)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: C9369-26-0042
Job locations: Wonford House, Dryden Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 5AF
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