# General Porter - Relief > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/general-porter-relief/4dece002-856f-4d68-835d-61e4f06717e7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/general-porter-relief/4dece002-856f-4d68-835d-61e4f06717e7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board - **Town:** Bangor - **Region:** North Wales - **Country:** Wales - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £26,300 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Various shifts on relief team - working 5 x 7.5hr shifts per week to include nights, weekends, and Bank Holidays) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-09T11:12:16.854Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/Wrexham_Community_Hospitals/Betsi_Cadwaladr_University_Health_Board/Portering_Service/Portering_Service-v8118924 - **Employer website:** https://bcuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview We currently have an opportunity in our Portering Services Department for an enthusiastic, motivated individual to work within the Wrexham Maelor Hospital and across Community sites. The post holder will respond to requests for the movement of patients and goods in an appropriate and timely manner to provide a comprehensive and efficient service. This will involve the lifting, transferring, pushing and pulling of substantial weight with the assistance of mechanical aids where a risk assessment has identified the need to use them these may include sack and pallet trucks, driven and hand held tugs / mechanical movers, stairwell climbers. The Health Board offers excellent working conditions including a generous entitlement of paid holiday, enhanced pay for weekend working and an opportunity to join the Superannuation Pension Scheme. We are offering permanent contract of employment for the following post: 1 Full time post (37.5 hours a week) – working  5 days per week on a rota to include nights,  weekends and bank holidays. If this all sounds like you and you have the drive and enthusiasm to make a difference with a key sense of customer care and focus to deliver, we want to hear from you today. ### Main duties of the job Portering Services provides essential support to all areas of the hospital. The porter will be expected to react to the various challenges within the working environment, and the workload may be increased due to external influences including the environment, weather, patient capacity etc. The porter will work as part of a team contributing to the smooth running of the service, providing an efficient and effective response to requests for patient movement, assistance in emergency situations, collection and delivery of samples and medicines etc, whilst ensuring that other tasks such as delivery of meal trolleys, linen, goods and mail etc are carried out in a timely manner. Whilst many of the tasks are generally routine the daily functioning of the service may be unpredictable therefore a flexible approach is essential and the post holder will be expected to use own initiative. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Desirable** - Experience in a similar post ### Availability **Essential** - To be available to work weekends and bank holidays ### Qualifcations **Essential** - Good standard of secondary education **Desirable** - NVQ level 2 in customer service ### Community Sites **Essential** - Ability to travel within geographical area in a timely manner ### Health & Wellbeing **Essential** - Able to cope with distressing situations ### Aptitude & Abilities **Essential** - Good communication skills - Able to work as part of a team **Desirable** - Ability to speak Welsh ### Knowledge of Hospital **Desirable** - Knowledge of Hospital ## Documents - [jd - sd (pdf, 544.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10414901) - [oh form (pdf, 656.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10428679) - [ps - mp (pdf, 488.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10414902) - [values and behaviour framework (pdf, 2.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2937) - [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 808.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1632) ## 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.