Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
3 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Knowledge
Educated to a good standard of education or relative work experience
- Knowledge
Full driving license. (Cat B license holders with a Cat D1 driver entitlement).
- Experience
Working within a busy customer focused and productive work environment (preferably within a healthcare setting).
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge
Basic knowledge of porter or transport, waste, caretaker, security services, healthcare porter services
- Experience
Prior work experience of porter or transport services with the health service or related work e.g. retail, factory, HM forces
Job overview
Porters are responsible for carrying out the duties of patient and materials movement, ensuring that outside areas are kept litter free. They may be requested to work in any location which is part of the Health Board and act as a vehicle driver when required. The provision of linen services and receipt and delivery of supplies will also apply if applicable to the area / site the porter is assigned to.
Main duties of the job
- Carry out tasks as directed by supervisor.
- Carry out specific duties appropriate to the portering functions in individual departments ensuring that all necessary tasks are completed.
- Plan collection and delivery of articles as directed by departmental head when providing cover in R+D
- Driving duties as required.
- To plan and organise accurate and timely daily delivery and collection of mail when working in post room.
- To deliver urgent medical records to departments as requested.
- To undertake a variety of physically demanding tasks.
- To ensure that the following duties are completed in accordance with Trust, Departmental and statutory procedures.
- To collect Transfusion blood for all wards and departments.
- Ordering taxi’s at main entrance for patients on request.
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.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Welsh language skills are desirable
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This advert is for Porter with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board in Bridgend, Wales. It is listed as a Band 2 Porter role. The advertised salary is £26,300 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Sep 2026.
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