# Porter

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/porter/ccd14fa2-3b79-4c1e-afc4-8a68bdf9d5ec
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/porter/ccd14fa2-3b79-4c1e-afc4-8a68bdf9d5ec.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Town:** Redhill
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Estates and facilities
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 per annum plus high cost allowance
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Rotation including weekends)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-21T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-07T14:12:27.744Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Redhill_Surrey/Surrey_Sussex_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Portering/Portering-v8131188
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8131188?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.surreyandsussex.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Our Porters provide an invaluable service transporting patients on beds, trolleys and wheelchairs around the hospital site. They are also involved with various other duties, including moving furniture, delivering supplies and changing medical gases, for example, oxygen cylinders.

We oversee the post room and support with the delivery & collection of mail & records.

To succeed in this role, you must be well-presented, have excellent communication skills, be flexible and adaptable, and demonstrate a genuinely caring approach to others.

Porters work various early and late shifts (averaging 37.5 hours per week), including some weekends. Therefore, Saturday & Sunday work attracts a weekend enhancement in addition to the basic salary.

We offer excellent holidays (27 days annual leave rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service (inclusive of public holidays)), a generous NHS pension scheme, and uniform and sick pay.

A comprehensive 5-day training package is provided, and Porters can complete an apprenticeship incorporating NVQ level 2 in customer services as part of their ongoing personal development.

### Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a complete list of duties and responsibilities.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information regarding the role please read the attached job description and person specification.

## Job Details

Our Porters provide an invaluable service transporting patients on beds, trolleys and wheelchairs around the hospital site. They are also involved with various other duties, including moving furniture, delivering supplies and changing medical gases, for example, oxygen cylinders.

We oversee the post room and support with the delivery & collection of mail & records.

To succeed in this role, you must be well-presented, have excellent communication skills, be flexible and adaptable, and demonstrate a genuinely caring approach to others.

Porters work various early and late shifts (averaging 37.5 hours per week), including some weekends. Therefore, Saturday & Sunday work attracts a weekend enhancement in addition to the basic salary.

We offer excellent holidays (27 days annual leave rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service (inclusive of public holidays)), a generous NHS pension scheme, and uniform and sick pay.

A comprehensive 5-day training package is provided, and Porters can complete an apprenticeship incorporating NVQ level 2 in customer services as part of their ongoing personal development.

## Job Description

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a complete list of duties and responsibilities.

## Responsibilities

For further information regarding the role please read the attached job description and person specification.

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 479.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10428505)
- [our organisation values (pdf, 247.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2213)
- [trust statement on recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 334.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2214)

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