Porter / Waste Porter

37.5 hours per week - See shift pattern below

Permanent

Salary: £25,272 per annum

Closing Date: Monday 22nd July 2026

Interview Date: Tuesday 14th July 2026

• This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
  
  

All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces Community – get in touch to find out more

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• PLEASE NOTE: This role is not eligible for sponsorship**
  
  

Shift Pattern - 10am-10pm x 4, 4 off repeated

• To provide a portering service to all wards & departments. To escort and convey patients by wheelchair, bed or trolley.
• To distribute food trolleys and boxes – and food items.
• To transfer various specimens or bloods to the pathology department and other wards and departments.
• To collect prescriptions and drug books from wards and departments and deliver them to the Pharmacy department.
• To move & change medical gas cylinders as requested.
• To attend fire calls.
• To assist at cardiac arrests.
• To transport records, X-rays, furniture, equipment and materials.
• To undertake mortuary duties as required - viewings, BID’s.
• To report any suspicious incidents and assist, where necessary.
• When required, assist with low level security requests.
• To cover staff in the post room - sorting incoming and outgoing Mail - distribute to all wards and departments.
• To collect general clinical, waste - cytotoxic refuse and sharp boxes from all areas on site, if required.
• Attends mandatory training courses.
• Ensure that when a deceased patient is transported from the ward they are treated with due dignity and respect.
• Operate a communication device to keep in touch with other staff in the department.
• Attendance at all sessions is mandatory, these include moving & handling, resuscitation, infection control, clinical governance, fire training and Dealing with Conflict training. Training in safe handling of medical gases.
• Training in safe handling of all medical gases/ safe handling of liquid nitrogen.
  
  

Here At George Eliot Our Vision To ‘excel At Patient Care’ Takes Centre Stage. An Ever Evolving Clinically-led Acute Service Provider We Are On a Journey To Continually Provide High Quality, Safe And Responsive Services Delivered By Inspiring, Friendly And Compassionate Staff Who Share Our Corporate Values Which Underpin Everything We Do. Our Values Are Not Just Words On a Piece Of Paper, They Bond Us Together, Reflect Our Ambition And Shape Who We Are

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

If you are applying for a Domestic Assistant or Health Care Assistant role you may be eligible for the refer a friend scheme – find out more here: https://www.geh.nhs.uk/about-us/people-and-workforce/vacancies/refer-friend-scheme

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: David Williams Job title: Facilities Manager Email address: david.williams@geh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 02476351351