A number of opportunities have arisen for Porter / Drivers to join our busy Portering Team on a permanent basis at the Kirkcaldy Victoria & Whytemans Brae Hospital sites.
Hours available are:
POST 1: 30 hours
POST 2: 22.5 hours
POST 3: Bank (0 hours) – as and when required
Please indicate clearly on application form which post(s) you are applying for.
The Portering Service operates 24 hours, 7 days per week. All positions working hours can be altered and determined by the service delivery of the department requirements; this includes working dayshift, backshift, weekends and nightshifts.
Porter / Drivers duties vary from patient movement throughout the hospital, collection and delivery of specimens, delivery of stores, meal trolley, linen lockers, parcels and pharmacy to wards and departments. Waste uplift and exchanging of bins, including clinical hospital waste. Porters can walk a high number of miles on a daily basis and this can be physically challenging.
Manual handling element includes moving heavy items across a various distances in challenging environments. Sole working is expected at various times ensuring you maintain a safe clean working environment for the delivery of the services at all times. Understanding and follow health & safety procedure at all times whilst on shift.
You must have good communication skills, and have a caring & compassionate attitude given the nature of the role interacting with patients, wards, department, members of the public, colleagues and other NHS staff members.
We operate a Zero Tolerance department in line with NHS Fife Values.
A full UK driving license is required to enable you to drive NHS Fife vehicles, and also electric tugs to transport items internally within the Victoria Hospital.
Full training, and one to one coaching supplied, including attendance at all mandatory training course. Some training courses are conducted online.
Please note the salary for these part time posts is pro rata to part time hours.
For informal enquiries please contact John Smith, Porter Manager on 01592 643355 ext. 28846
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here .
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here .
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Changes to our services - Disclosure Scotland .
We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.