Theatre Porter

Transformationunitgm; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS trust is seeking motivated and enthusiastic Theatre Porters to support theatre services in Salisbury. The successful candidates will provide a high-quality, caring, and customer-oriented service to patients and staff. This role offers full-time and part-time opportunities, with a competitive salary and generous benefits including paid leave and NHS discounts. Ideal candidates will demonstrate strong numeracy, literacy, and teamwork skills. Join a dedicated team in a trusted institution committed to modernizing healthcare services.

Benefits

Minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata)

Access to NHS discounts

On-site hospital benefits

Generous pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience of dealing with the general public.
• Experience of dealing with vulnerable people.
• Experience of using some form of computer-based system.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality, caring, safe and customer-oriented service to users of the theatre services.

Skills

Good level of numeracy and literacy

Ability to work as a member of the team or on your own initiative

Ability to walk long distances and be capable of carrying out a physically demanding occupation

Ability to demonstrate a good work attendance record

Flexible and friendly approach

Hard-working and reliable

Ability to respect confidentiality

Communication skills

Job description

Main area Theatres Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (Full and part time opportunities available) Job ref 269-SFT9440

Employer Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Town Salisbury Salary £24,465 per annum pro rata if part time Salary period Yearly Closing 07/01/2026 23:59

Theatre Porter

Band 2

Job overview

Do you want to be part of something special and help us to modernise our theatre services?

We are looking to recruit motivated and enthusiastic porters to help support our Theatre services. All we ask is that you bring lots of ideas, a proactive nature and a keenness to embrace change and personal development!

Unfortunately we cannot accept those who need sponsorship to work in this role due to government guidelines.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high quality, caring, safe and customer orientated service to patients, relatives, careers, staff and members of the public, who use the Operating Theatre services

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visitingwww.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Knowledge and Skills

• UK Driving Licence
• Good level of numeracy and literacy
• Ability to work as a member of the team or on your own initiative
• Ability to walk long distances and be capable of carrying out a physically demanding occupation
• Ability to demonstrate a good work attendance record
• To have a flexible and friendly approach in all aspects of your work
• To be hard-working and reliable. Ability and willingness to undertake training as and when required
• The ability to respect and maintain the patients’ rights for confidentiality
• Communicate formally and informally with staff at varying level within Trust

Experience

• Experience of dealing with the general public
• Experience of dealing with vulnerable people
• Experience of using some form of computer based system

We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. Take a look at our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) for more detailed information https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/media/2lfatov2/employee-value-proposition-document-v12-final.pdf

These include but aren't limited to:-

• Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
• Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
• An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months & non contractual) pro rata
• Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
• Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
• An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
• Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
• Cycle to work scheme
• Uniform provided (where required)
• On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
• On site health and fitness club
• On site car parking (fee's and restrictions apply)
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Applicants requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa eg those with graduate visa's) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.

GETTING TO WORK

We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital, a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible, and our Trust is well connected through the bus services to the city centre and other areas.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY

We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly.

The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, martial status and age.

OTHER INFORMATION

If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to replay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary. Many staff use the DBS update service at a cost of £16 per annum but you need to sign up for this via their website.

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

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Name Lindsey Borritt Job title Anaesthetic, SAL and Theatre Porter Lead Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01722 336262 Additional information

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