Theatre Porter

Job reference: 269-SFT
9440

Main area:
Theatres Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent

• Full time
• Part time

Hours:

37.5 hours per week (Full and part time opportunities available)

Employer:

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS Site

Location:

Salisbury

Salary: £24,465 per annum (pro rata if part time)

Closing date: 07/01/2026 23:59

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.

To provide a high quality, caring, safe and customer orientated service to patients, relatives, carers, 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.

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. 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 visiting

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

• 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 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

These include but aren't limited to:

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• 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…