# Porter

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/porter/dca75563-c965-42bf-bf8d-573e4f79155e
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/porter/dca75563-c965-42bf-bf8d-573e4f79155e.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Clatterbridge Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Porter
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent: Monday to Saturday 33.25 hrs per week
- **Employment type:** Part time - 33.25 hours per week (Monday to Friday 33.25 hrs per week)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-16T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-06T09:21:52.992Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Bebington/Wirral_University_Teaching_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Porter/Porter-v8258538
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8258538?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.wuth.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

- Provide a high quality, efficient portering service as a member of a dedicated team to support services within the Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust at the Clatterbridge site.
- Work in a manner that demonstrates the Trusts core values and behaviours to support a positive patient experience
- Understanding of how the role contributes to infection prevention and control within the healthcare environment
- Communicate with patients, staff and colleagues in a professional and polite manner.

### Main duties of the job

- Perform portering duties in allocated areas of the hospital site, including Pharmacy, Pathology, Endoscopy, Radiology, Post Room, Waste Team, Goods Distribution Centre, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
- Transport patients within the allocated hospital site in line with Trust policies and departmental procedures
- Adopt a caring, polite and professional manner when transporting patients
- Use of radios for communication with other members of the Portering team
- Use of telephones and radios for allocation of daily duties
- Safe collection and delivery of gas cylinders, beds, blood products, specimens, pharmacy products, medical equipment, furniture and other equipment around the allocated hospital site(s)
- Ensure wheelchairs are cleaned after patient use
- Use of departmental portering computer system
- Change and replenish medical gas cylinders
- Return empty gas cylinders to designated storage area for stock replacement
- Transfer of deceased patients from wards and departments to the mortuary in a respectful manner
- Assist outside agencies with the transfer of deceased patients
- Use of autoclaving machine to sterilise used specimen receptacles within Pathology Department and removal of waste products to correct waste disposal stream.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information on this Porter role available at WUTH.

### 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

### Other Requirements

**Essential**

- Full driving licence

### Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

**Essential**

- General education
- Experience of working in a portering role in a healthcare setting
- Good standard of English

## Documents

- [oh risk id (pdf, 271.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10571984)
- [vision values behaviours (pdf, 515.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2088)
- [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 734.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1841)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 344.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10571983)
- [wuth gdpr privacy notice for applicants (pdf, 255.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2506)

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