Porter External Bank (Band 2)

Porters provide support and assistance to all healthcare professionals and areas of the Trust.

The role will be to work under the direction of the Portering Chargehand and will cover a wide range of duties including transporting patients, specimens, beds, meal trolleys, medical gases linen and other essential items/ supplies.

We ask all employees to be flexible in their role, to always ensure we are delivering safe, kind and effective care.

We are looking to recruit enthusiastic porters to join our hardworking team.

The successful postholder will work closely with Chargehand Porters and the Assistant Facilities Manager and will have excellent communication skills and experience of dealing with the public.

Candidates must be able to lift, carry and handle. This role requires a significant amount of walking and transferring patients around the Trust.

We require you to be trustworthy, reliable and ensure complete confidentiality.

Applicants will be trained for all aspects of the role and gain understanding of all the tasks involved.

The Trust's services are provided from three locations: o The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 473 general and acute beds. o Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility. o Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population. The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 5,964 staff (headcount) to provide care and treatment to a population of over 400,000 people living in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. Due to its location on the border with North Wales, the Trust also works closely with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust treats patients from England and some parts of Wales. During 2024/2025, there were approximately 643,000 patient attendances (inpatient, A&E,
outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery