Job overview

The Capital Estates & Facilities Portering Department at Broadmoor Hospital, Crowthorne, has a vacancy for a full-time porter, working on a shift pattern across a 7-day week operation. The Portering Team is looking for a talented, enthusiastic, and experienced individual to join a large team dedicated to providing an excellent, comprehensive service to our service users, staff, and visitors. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the safe transportation of goods around the site. A full driving licence is essential, as the role involves the safe use of Trust vehicles.

Main duties of the job

Your role will support the delivery of an efficient, flexible, and customer-focused portering service. This will involve a wide range of duties, including the collection and delivery of post, parcels, and housekeeping stock, transporting gas cylinders and consumable products, food deliveries, waste removal, setting up meeting rooms, medication deliveries, cleaning duties, vehicle inspections, and any other miscellaneous tasks as required. You will be expected to always maintain a professional attitude, with strong communication skills and a team-focused approach when working with Trust staff and colleagues within the immediate team. A full, clean driving licence is essential, along with a willingness to develop skills to operate a range of vehicles. A good understanding of Health & Safety is also required, with the ability to follow instructions and ensure that all Safe Systems of Work are adhered to.

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and   Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m. 

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.