General Porter | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,272 pro rata, per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 24 May 2026 |
| Location: | Salford, M6 8HD |
| Company: | Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7945797/236-NCA-EA060-26-SQ |
Summary
We are looking to hire a Porter to work specifically on Food Tank duties across a split shift pattern of 26.15 hours per week over 5 days within the Portering Service at Salford Royal Hospital. Overtime may be offered but this would be subject to staff cover being required through the week.
Food tanks are delivered each day of the week between the hours of 11:30-14:30 and 16:30-19:15, therefore the hours between 14:30 and 16:30 would be non paid hours.
You will also be required to be flexible in your working pattern as you may be required to work days, evenings, weekends, nights and bank holidays.
At times you may be required to carry out other portering duties, which may include assisting with the transfer of patients around the site by wheelchair, trolley or bed, including deceased patients and all associated mortuary duties. Not excluding, being possibly placed on waste duties with the waste team. Please see job description for full details.
You may also be required to transfer medical notes and medical supplies around the hospital site to various wards and departments.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
We continually review our recruitment processes to ensure they are supporting us achieving an inclusive and representative team.
We recognise that many people find interviews daunting and the conventional interview approach, of unseen questions, often impacts performance on the day. We are therefore sending interview questions, to candidates, in advance for this vacancy. If you are invited for interview you will receive your interview questions in advance of your interview date.
This advert closes on Sunday 3 May 2026
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