Bank Porter

**Main area**
- Bank Porter

**Grade**

NHS AfC: Band 3

**Contract**

Bank

**Hours**

Flexible working

**Job ref**

373-CSS1125

**Site**
- Bowmere Hospital

**Town**

Chester

**Salary**

£24,071 - £25,674 per annum pro rata

**Salary period**

Yearly

**Closing**

11/02/2025 23:59

**Job overview**:
We are looking for an enthusiastic Bank porter to join our Facilities team to help support the cover of shifts across Cheshire and Wirral.

This post is a bank porter position which is a 0 hour contract and shifts are bookable as and when required to support cover for annual leave and sickness as well as any ADHOC tasks.

As part of the Porter role, we have a responsibility for the monitoring of the CWP carparks on the Countess of Chester site, therefore shifts that are available as part of this role will include covering the carpark barrier between the hours of 07:00am - 11:00am.

CWP has adopted the living wages. Where the standard Agenda for Change hourly rate is below the Living Wage, pay will be supplemented to this level.

**Main duties of the job**:
The main roles would be completing portering duties, security including opening / locking of buildings, postal duties and completing ADHOC portering requests.

Please refer to the job description to see full responsibilities listed.

**Working for our organisation**:
CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This programme welcomes you to CWP and provides you with information and training to support you in your role.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
Please download a copy of the job description for full details.
- Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
- CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a **_Values Based Interview/Assessment_**,** which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

CWP is proud to be an accredited Veteran Aware organisation helping to provide and share best practice in NHS care for our armed forces community. As a veteran aware organisation, CWP is committed to delivering on the principles of the Armed Force Covenant and has a ‘Silver’ award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Educated to a standard of basic numeracy and literacy

**Knowledge and Expertise**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Able to provide full working cover in ALL aspects of the Portering service.

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Previous experience in transport / facilities support service

**Desirable criteria**:

- Previous experience in a public service environment

Applicant requirements
- You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Further details / informal visits contact

**Name**
- Jodie Breen

**Job title**

Facilities Manager

**Telephone number**

07500826204

**Additional information**or telephone 01244 393100