# Porter > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for West London NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/porter/ac79420c-97ee-4b5b-887d-1fd3932c1bed - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/porter/ac79420c-97ee-4b5b-887d-1fd3932c1bed.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** West London NHS Trust - **Town:** Southall - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £30,142 Per Annum Inclusive of Allowances - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-10T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-27T00:02:20.169Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Crowthorne/West_London_NHS_Trust/Porter/Porter-v8181866 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8181866?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Capital Estates & Facilities Portering Department at Broadmoor Hospital, Crowthorne, has a vacancy for a full-time porter, working on a shift pattern across a 7-day week operation. The Portering Team is looking for a talented, enthusiastic, and experienced individual to join a large team dedicated to providing an excellent, comprehensive service to our service users, staff, and visitors. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the safe transportation of goods around the site. A full driving licence is essential, as the role involves the safe use of Trust vehicles. ### Main duties of the job Your role will support the delivery of an efficient, flexible, and customer-focused portering service. This will involve a wide range of duties, including the collection and delivery of post, parcels, and housekeeping stock, transporting gas cylinders and consumable products, food deliveries, waste removal, setting up meeting rooms, medication deliveries, cleaning duties, vehicle inspections, and any other miscellaneous tasks as required. You will be expected to always maintain a professional attitude, with strong communication skills and a team-focused approach when working with Trust staff and colleagues within the immediate team. A full, clean driving licence is essential, along with a willingness to develop skills to operate a range of vehicles. A good understanding of Health & Safety is also required, with the ability to follow instructions and ensure that all Safe Systems of Work are adhered to. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached. The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Basic IT skills - Good verbal and written communication **Desirable** - Good IT skills ### Knowledge **Essential** - Good understanding of Health & Safety including Manual Handling - Good understanding of COSHH ### Experience **Essential** - Experience within a similar role **Desirable** - Previous experience working within an NHS environment ### Qualifications **Essential** - Basic level of general education - Mathematics and English at GCSE level - Full driving licence ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Good organisational skills - Able to work without constant supervision and to agreed timescales - Highly motivated with a flexible approach - Able to work as part of a team ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10486124) - [oh requirements (pdf, 304.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3067) - [occupational health requirements (pdf, 376.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3003) ## 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.