Portering & Transport Supervisor

Portering & Transport Supervisor

The closing date is 11 March 2026

37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with flexibility to work 5 over 7 days, including weekends and bank holidays.

We're seeking a proactive Portering & Transport Supervisor to lead our team in delivering a high quality, efficient and customer focused service across the Trust. Based at Fieldhead Hospital, with work across other sites as required, you'll coordinate daily operations, manage changing priorities and ensure services run safely and smoothly.

In this multi‑disciplined role, you'll oversee essential functions including goods movement, deliveries, collections and wider facilities support. You'll lead by example, develop staff and maintain a safe, timely and professional service.

At the time of advertising, this role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. For this reason, we are unable to sponsor anyone for a skilled worker visa for this role.

We are happy to accept applications from candidates who can prove their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes. Such applications will be considered alongside all other applications.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up‑to‑date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.

The successful post holder will be responsible for the development and provision of an effective, efficient, and well‑coordinated Porter/Transport support service to the Trust and also to other NHS service users through Service Level Agreement and formal contracts. The job role will include:

• Developing and maintaining an efficient, professional portering and transport service
• Line managing Drivers and Porters, including staff support, development, 1:1s and appraisals
• Managing staff rotas to ensure full service coverage and liaising with stakeholders Trustwide
• Identifying and implementing service improvements
• Managing a small fleet of vehicles, ensuring legal and safety compliance and overseeing maintenance
• Ensuring all staff training is current and recorded

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high‑quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non‑clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means we are accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we are run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve the right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

JOB SUMMARY:

Responsible for the development and provision of an effective, efficient, and well‑coordinated Porter/Transport support service to the Trust and also to other NHS service users through Service Level Agreement and formal contracts.

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