Job Overview
Join Our Theatre Porter Team – Become a Vital Part of Patient Care
Are you someone who loves helping others and thrives in a fast‑paced, people‑focused environment?
At Wexham Park Theatres, our Theatre Porters are the heartbeat of the patient journey.
From warmly collecting patients and putting them at ease, to ensuring our sterile equipment is safely delivered across the hospital—you'll be at the centre of everything that keeps our theatres running smoothly.
As a Theatre Porter, you'll play a crucial role in the seamless flow of patients in and out of theatres, always offering a helping hand wherever you can. You'll have the unique opportunity to support patients before and after surgery and gain fascinating insights into the world inside our operating theatres.
And this is just the beginning. At Frimley Health, we're committed to helping you grow. If you want to develop into other roles in the future—we'll be right there to support your journey.
Come and join OUR TEAM – become part of the Wexham Park Theatre Family
Main duties of the job
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At Frimley Health, we're committed to helping you grow. If you want to develop into other roles in the future—we'll be right there to support your journey.
Join Our Team
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
On a daily basis you will do anything from the equipment runs to and from Sterile Services. To checking our medical gas reserves, and preparing patient trollies. As the rush comes, the theatres will request patients to be collected form the ward where you will be able to inform the department of any delays, liaising with our Theatre Coordinator.
As the day goes on, you'll be on hand to help wherever is needed throughout the department.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
Working in patient/customer facing roles before
Desirable criteria
Previous experience in a healthcare environment.
Skills/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
Understanding of responsibility of a porter
Understanding of customer care
Basic knowledge of Health and Safety
Desirable criteria
Understanding of COSHH
General knowledge of hygiene and cleanliness
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Standard Education Level
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.
Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.
We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.
We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.
Alongside estates' investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.
Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.
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