Facilities Technician - Portering

For questions about this job, contact:

Name: Josh Matthews
Position: Assistant Facilities Manager
Email: joshua.matthews@nhs.net
Phone number: 0113 2060875

Shortlisting Date: 02/11/26
Interview Date: Week commencing 09/11/26

Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.

Job Summary

PORTERS WANTED!

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is looking for flexible and reliable individuals to work as Facilities Technicians (Portering) at both Leeds General Infirmary and St James's Hospital. We currently have permanent vacancies, for Facilities Technicians to work as a Porter responsible for the movement of patients, waste and items around the site.

The available positions are on a permanent basis working 37.5 hours a week on a variable shift pattern. The shifts include earlies, lates, nights and weekends working on a variable rota with 2 weeks notice of the shifts you are required to work. There are currently no fixed shift patterns available at this time so candidates are expected to be flexible in their availability.

Successful applicants will be invited to an interview assessment centre where we will be recruiting for positions available at both LGI and SJUH sites regardless of the interview location.

A full enhanced DBS check will be required for all roles. There are no part time vacancies or fixed shift opportunities available at this time so please do not apply unless you are able to work 37.5 hours a week over varying shifts.

Why you should join our Team

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest employers in Leeds, employing over 20,000 staff and providing care to 1.6 million patients every year. The Estates and Facilities team keep the Trust's sites running and manage one of the largest estate portfolios across the NHS. With over 2,500 staff, we provide a range of facilities management services and ensure our buildings and environments are fit for purpose, clean and safe.

Whether we're cleaning wards, maintaining buildings, monitoring environmental impact, providing staff childcare, delivering hot meals to patients or patrolling our sites, we support the delivery of patient care. Guided by our Leeds Way Values, we are committed to creating the best place to work and being the employer of choice for estates and facilities in the region. By joining the team, you'll have access to a friendly support network with ongoing training, career progression and an excellent benefits package.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

The roles will be to provide portering services to patients, transporting them to and from clinical areas across the site. There will also be an expectation to move waste and other items and complete ad-hoc duties when required.

The ideal candidates will be enthusiastic, good team players and able to work on their own initiative and be able to demonstrate the Leeds Way Values, these being:-

- Patient Centred

- Accountable

- Collaborative

- Fair

- Empowered

Full Training and a uniform will be provided on appointment.

What you will bring to the role

The post holder is member of the facilities operational team and will be responsible for carrying out any duties commensurate with the grade of post. The role includes provision of catering, cleaning, portering, receptions, logistics and traffic management across any of the Trust sites. The role requires flexibility in approach to the duties required as these may alter throughout the course of a work day/week, however the post holder will have one primary role that they will orientate towards on a daily basis. High standards of quality will be expected to be delivered in line with Facilities/LTHT practices and policies.

The post holder will be expected to have basic knowledge of a number of administrative and operational functions and utilise both facilities and LTHT IT systems in order to complete their job role. The nature of the role requires the use of responding to some tasks via a defined communication system.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are....

Responsible
Open and Honest
One Team
Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities

People
Improvement and Innovation
Partnerships
Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.