# Facilities Assistant - Portering > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/facilities-assistant-portering/552c96e1-367a-4ba5-80f5-a7bf043efdec - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/facilities-assistant-portering/552c96e1-367a-4ba5-80f5-a7bf043efdec.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust - **Location:** Trust Headquarters, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Facilities assistant - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 per annum/ pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-16T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-02T07:31:53.951Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Shropshire/Shrewsbury/The_Shrewsbury_Telford_Hospital_NHS_Trust/Portering/Portering-v8242995 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8242995?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sath.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting opportunity for a positive and hardworking individual to join our Portering Team. We provide a wide range of duties created by the demands of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. These duties include the movement of patients throughout the Trust, collection and delivery of mail, transport of blood products, movement of office furniture, the movement of waste and a host of duties that provide a high standard of care to our patients. The successful candidate should have a basic knowledge of using a mobile device as iPods are an integral part of the Facilities Assistant role. Previous applicants need not apply. ### Main duties of the job - To carry out duties relating to specialist departments, including outside agencies such as Shropdoc. - To assist the Chargehand Porters with the training and induction of new staff for an initial period until they feel confident to carry out the duties on their own. - To collect and deliver hostess trolleys and crockery trolleys between the wards and the Catering Department. - To collect dirty linen and general refuse from all wards and departments disposal cupboards and the accommodation block and dispose of in the compactor located in the loading bay area. Dirty linen to be loaded into linen cages and placed on the loading bay awaiting collection. - To circulate mail and clerical data to all wards and departments within the hospital and collect and deliver mail off site. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Candidate Job Pack ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of delivering a high level of customer service **Desirable** - Experience of working in a healthcare setting ### Special Aptitudes **Essential** - Good literacy skills and the ability to understand instructions, guidance, policies and procedures - Ability to communicate with all levels of staff, members of the public and patients - Ability to undertake physical aspects of task including moderate bending, lifting and moving of trolleys and food trolleys **Desirable** - Knowledge of food safety systems, HACCP, COSHH and dealing with Allergens - A knowledge of Infection, Prevention and Control - Knowledge of cleaning products and COSHH ## Documents - [job pack (pdf, 661.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10581463) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.