Porter

Porter

The closing date is 03 May 2026.

DSFS Ltd is recruiting for a Porter on a 37.5 hour per week contract, to work within the portering department predominantly based in the main hospital at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.

The duties include a wide variety of portering tasks. You will be expected to work a shift pattern covering 24 hours a day / 7 days a week, including weekends.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship; any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered.

Main duties of the job

• Escorting patients and visitors.
• Transporting patients by appropriate means.
• Transferring deceased persons to the mortuary and preparing viewings.
• Collecting and disposing of refuse, including special waste and recycling.
• Cleaning domestic waste equipment and storage areas.
• Collecting bagged soiled linen.
• Collecting and/or distributing miscellaneous items such as stores, medical gases, laundry, medical notes.
• Collecting and delivering blood products from Pathology to the wards.
• Attending cardiac arrests with initial responsibility for delivering the second line drug box and responding to medical staff requests.
• Undertaking movement of furniture and facilitating office relocations for both on site and off site areas.
• Taking receipt of customer requests for portering assistance and logging all tasks on the current recording system.
• Any other duties as may be allocated from time to time, as need demands.

About us

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just over 900 staff across soft and hard facilities services, and corporate services including ICT, patient records, switchboard, procurement, finance and clinical engineering. It builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial, dynamic, flexible and proactive approach.

DSFS strives to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone's abilities, uniqueness and individuality. All colleagues are encouraged to be themselves at work and contribute to a culture that embraces diverse backgrounds and differences.

Qualifications and Training

• GCSE Maths and English or equivalent.

Experience

• Ability to work unsupervised.
• Adaptable to meet service needs.
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to work as a team.
• Experience working within a hospital environment.

Skills and Knowledge

• Ability to multi task.
• Computer and keyboard skills.
• Full UK driving licence for operating the waste collection vehicle.

Personal Attributes

• Physically capable of handling wheeled waste containers and furniture waste. (Alternative arrangements can be made for disabled applicants if required.)
• Adaptable to meet service needs.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust