Hospital Porters Urgently Required For Kings College Hospital - Over 18 - DBS

Are you looking for a rewarding role in the healthcare sector?

Hospital Porters are the backbone of NHS hospitals, ensuring vital supplies reach the right place and that patients are where they need to be for essential care—keeping everything running smoothly.

King’s College Hospital is one of the UK’s most renowned teaching hospitals, known for world-class healthcare, pioneering research, and exceptional patient care. With a history dating back to 1840, King’s is at the forefront of medical innovation, offering cutting-edge treatments across a wide range of specialties. As part of King’s Health Partners, the hospital is committed to excellence, education, and improving health outcomes for communities in London and beyond.

Role and Responsibilities

As a Hospital Porter, you will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of the hospital by transporting patients, equipment, and supplies. Your responsibilities will include:

🔹 Assisting with patient transfers – Ensuring patients reach the right department safely and on time.

🔹 Preparing rooms for procedures – Setting up equipment and ensuring spaces are ready for use.

🔹 Supporting hospital departments – Delivering vital medical supplies and equipment.

🔹 Handling waste disposal – Managing clinical and non-clinical waste, including sensitive materials.

🔹 Transferring laboratory samples – Safely moving samples to the Biomedical Sciences labs.

🔹 Operating machinery – Handling pressurized gases and other specialist equipment (after training).

🔹 Providing compassionate support – Assisting patients and families, including in difficult situations such as morgue transfers or supporting those with severe injuries.

🔹 Maintaining hygiene standards – Keeping work areas clean and in line with NHS guidelines.

🔹 Following safety protocols – Adhering to Health & Safety, Manual Handling, and COSHH policies.

🔹 Wearing PPE as required – Ensuring personal and patient safety at all times.

This role requires resilience, empathy, and professionalism, as you may support distressed or grieving individuals.

This role requires resilience, empathy, and professionalism when dealing with sensitive situations, including supporting distressed or grieving individuals.

Key Attributes

We’re looking for candidates who are:

✅ Engaging, friendly, and professional

✅ Strong communicators, able to interact with patients, families, and colleagues with empathy and respect

✅ Calm under pressure, even in fast-paced environments

✅ Team players with a proactive, can-do attitude

✅ Physically fit, comfortable with standing/walking for extended periods and manual handling tasks

✅ Flexible and committed, able to work across a variety of shifts (including 12-hour shifts where required)

Venue-Specific Information

✅ Applicants must be 18+

✅ Candidates must be available for a 7-day rota with flexible hours

✅ Hours are not guaranteed weekly, but additional work may be available across our 119 venues in London

✅ This role is not suitable for students on a 20-hour work visa, as it requires consistent year-round availability

Why Work for Compass?

✔ Comprehensive training & support for all new starters

✔ Exclusive staff benefits through our Lifestyle Perks Platform

✔ Employee Assistance Programme for health & wellbeing support

Apply Now!

Complete our quick online application (takes just 1 minute!). Successful candidates could start work within a few days.

Please note:

📌 Previous applicants for this role will not be considered.

📌 This role is strictly for the hospital. If you apply with the intention of working in stadiums or other venues, your application will not be processed. Due to the processing time for a DBS background check, you will be offered shifts at other venues while your clearance is being completed.