Hospital Porters

Hospital porters perform various manual tasks in hospitals to assist nursing and domestic staff with the care of patients.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 4,851
£ 21,408
£ 45,402

Available jobs

In the past year there were 21,198 vacancies for this type of job

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Assists with unloading and delivery of supplies.

  • Collects and disposes of refuse from wards and other departments.

  • Moves hospital equipment and furniture.

  • Assists with the delivery of meals, laundry, medical supplies and post to the wards or theatres.

  • Lifts, escorts and wheels patients between hospital wards.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Patient Transport

  • Medical Records

  • Nursing

  • Pathology

  • Pharmaceuticals

  • Patient Transfer

  • Infection Control

  • Waste Transport

  • Manual Handling

  • Invoicing

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communications

  • Customer Service

  • Management

  • English Language

  • Cleanliness

  • Administrative Functions

  • Microsoft Outlook

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Teamwork

  • Positivity

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.