Kernowflex (Bank) General Porter

Employer: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

Location: Truro, TR1 3LJ

Salary: £25,272

Job type: Bank

Posted: 2026-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sector: Facilities & Cleaning

Job Description

Job summary

Kernowflex (Bank) General Porter

Zero Hours

An opportunity has arisen at the RCH for an enthusiastic, motivated, and hardworking individual to join the porters team. This position requires flexibility to accommodate the needs of the service, good communication skills and a positive and professional attitude.

Main duties of the job

To provide and maintain a professional, efficient, effective and timely service to patients, visitors and other departments that will contribute to achieving high quality patient care.

To ensure the service supports the clinical care of patients and respects the privacy and dignity of every patient.

To ensure the health and safety of both the recipients and of those delivering the service.

To contribute towards the development of best practice within the department and to the training of new starters and inexperienced staff.

To assist the Porter Management Team in the development of the service.

To provide a portering service to whole of Royal Cornwall Hospital. Additionally, to provide a portering service to other sites as required.

Due to the service being at times unpredictable, you will be expected to provide a flexible and reactive service.

Job description

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To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

Identity Checks

Professional registration and qualification checks

Employment history and reference checks

Occupational Health clearance

Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check

Right to work in the UK

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Kernowflex (Bank) General Porter

In return for your expertise and hard work, we offer a wide range of benefits including:

Competitive rates of pay with increments.

Access to the NHS pension scheme.

Opportunities to work across various departments and sites, gaining invaluable knowledge and experience.

Unsocial hours enhancements (where applicable).

A flexible working pattern to suit you.

Opportunities for further training (all paid for) and progression into permanent posts.

Paid annual leave quarterly pro rate of working time directives.

Weekly pay.

A comprehensive induction and ongoing mandatory training.

Plus, when you go home, you can relax in the most amazing countryside and coastal environments work-life balance here in Cornwall is unrivalled.

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