Bank Patient Support Porter


Profession
Porter
Deadline
18 Sep 2026
Contract Type
Bank
Posted Date
01 Sep 2026
Medical Protection — the side of locally employed doctors from £83

Job requirements

Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.

Essential

4 listed

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

  • Qualifications

    General portering abilities

  • Qualifications

    Infection control knowledge

  • Qualifications

    Health and safety knowledge

  • Qualifications

    Customer facing experience

Desirable

Not listed in the available specification.

Bank Patient Support Porter | Theatres | Spire Murrayfield - Edinburgh | Bank | Weekly pay

Spire Murrayfield Hospital is looking to recruit a Patient Support Porter to join their fantastic Theatre team on a bank basis.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Correctly undertake tasks that have been delegated in relation to specific patients as agreed with the care team
  • Prepare patient, equipment and materials appropriately
  • Obtain consent from patients before starting the tasks e.g. moving and handling, ensuring patient comfort and safety at all times
  • Moving patient from bed to trolley; trolley to operating table; operating table to trolley; trolley to bed
  • Identify and report to an appropriate person any significant changes that might affect the patient’s health and well-being during escort duties and moving/handling
  • Respect patients’ privacy, dignity, wishes and beliefs and minimise any necessary discomfort
  • Record information related to designated tasks and activities accurately and passes it on to the relevant person in the team on time
  • Liaise with the theatre team regarding the organisation of theatre lists
  • Provide patient support within the anaesthetic room
  • Ensure moving and handling equipment is clean and in safe working order
  • Ensure table attachments are clean and in working order
  • Transport safely and timely specimens from theatre to the designated area, recording legibly and accurately necessary details
  • Transport equipment as delegated by the theatre team

Who we're looking for:

  • General portering abilities
  • Infection control knowledge
  • Health and safety knowledge
  • Customer facing experience

Benefits:

  • Bank colleagues are paid weekly
  • We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
  • Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
  • Access to Spire Healthcare pension
  • Access to Blue Light Card discounts
  • Free uniform
  • Free DBS
  • Full induction, including mandatory training updates
  • Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
  • Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group that has been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 40 years. We have 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

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