Job summary
- Main area
- Portering
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 387-EF0440-MF-B
- Employer
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
- Town
- Bristol
- Salary
- £24,465 pa pro rata + unsocial enhancements
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

General Porter
Band 2
As an organisation we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
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Job overview
Are you innovative and forward thinking? Are you looking to join a collaborative team that helps keep our hospitals running smoothly? Are you interested in a hands on job?
Join the team at the largest University Hospital in the South West, where our people and patients are at the heart of everything!
We are currently recruiting General Porters to work within the team within the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children to provide a comprehensive Portering service of a high standard. This is a great opportunity to work in our patient friendly hospital.
The shifts that we are recruiting to are on a rolling pattern, these will be Monday - Sunday. We are looking for people to work either:
- Sat - Sun 22.00 - 06.00 - 12 hours a week
- Mon - Fri 07.00 - 15.00 - 37.5 hours a week
Some of these shifts will carry unsocial enhancements.
Main duties of the job
On a day to day basis, tasks will include:-
- Providing a Portering and messenger service including the transfer of patients and visitors between wards and departments.
- Collecting and delivering a range of goods including drugs, bloods, furniture, case notes, specimens, x-rays and medical gas cylinders.
- Collecting and delivering mail
- Loading and unloading hospital deliveries
- Transferring furniture and other portable equipment and machinery
- Maintaining confidentiality and attend trust training
- Responding to emergency bleeps including cardiac arrest, fire, and major trauma.
- Movement of waste (clinical & non-clinical) across the hospital to waste compound
You will have:-
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Pleasant and friendly personality
- Ability to use your own initiative
- Understanding of the need to deal with patients, parents and staff in a helpful and supportive manner.
In return for your hard work and your professional, caring and reliable service you will have access to the following benefits:
- Competitive pay
- Access to the NHS pension scheme
- Paid annual leave, maternity and sick pay (subject to qualifying criteria)
- Training and development opportunities including apprenticeships!
- Industry leading discount schemes at local and national outlets, including insurance, holidays and shopping!
Please note - the advert normally closes early due to a high volume of applications.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities. please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in a customer care setting
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Good basic education, numerate and literate
Desirable criteria
- Full Category B Driving licence
Skills
Essential criteria
- Basic computer skills
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lara Summers
- Job title
- Recruitment and Retention Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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