Bank - Porter RLH | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Company: | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £25,272 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Liverpool, L9 7AL |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 23 Sept 2026 |
| Closing date: | 24 Oct 2026 |
Summary
The role of a Porter is instrumental to the smooth running of the Hospital, you will move patients, deliver patient meals and manage safe movement of other medical equipment. Porters should have the ability to work quickly and calmly in emergencies, have good interpersonal skills with the ability to listen and empathise, be patient and tolerant, a good physical fitness and have the ability follow instructions and work to tight time constraints.
• Transport of patients to wards and departments including emergency bed and stretcher patients.
• Take specimens to laboratories.
• Take medical gases to and from wards to change flo meters.
• Collect soiled linen and rubbish from wards and departments.
• Collect clinical waste from wards and departments.
• Deliver meal trolleys to and from wards.
• Removal of bodies from wards and departments, putting bodies of view for relatives and assisting shift manager on BDI’s and DOA’s.
• Delivery of equipment to wards and departments.
• Attending fire response at the request of line manager.
• Delivery of drugs from wards and departments including controlled drugs.
• Post-room duties.
• Any other designated duties as and when required by the portering management.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
• Transport of patients to wards and departments including emergency bed and stretcher patients.
• Take specimens to laboratories.
• Take medical gases to and from wards to change flo meters.
• Collect soiled linen and rubbish from wards and departments.
• Collect clinical waste from wards and departments.
• Deliver meal trolleys to and from wards.
• Removal of bodies from wards and departments, putting bodies of view for relatives and assisting shift manager on BDI’s and DOA’s.
• Delivery of equipment to wards and departments.
• Attending fire response at the request of line manager.
• Delivery of drugs from wards and departments including controlled drugs.
• Post-room duties.
• Any other designated duties as and when required by the portering management.
This advert closes on Friday 2 Oct 2026
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