Hospital porter CV example
Portering roles are assessed on departments covered, patient moving and handling training, and shift flexibility.
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- Sector
- Healthcare and care
- Template used
- Official
- ATS level
- ATS verified
- ATS keywords
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David Mills
Hospital porter with A&E, theatre and patient transfer experience
Personal details
- First name
- David Mills
- david.mills@mail.com
- Phone
- +32 470 12 34 56
- City
- Brussels
- linkedin.com/in/david
Professional summary
Hospital porter with nine years across an NHS hospital and a care home. I've covered A&E, theatres and inpatient wards, complete around 45 patient transfers a shift, and hold current moving and handling and hoist training.
Experience
Hospital porter
Employer name · City · 2019 – Present
- Completed around 45 patient transfers a shift between wards and diagnostics
- Covered A&E, theatre and ward shifts with no recorded incidents
- Trained 4 new colleagues on hoist use and safe transfers
Education
Qualification or certificate for the role
Training centre · Year
Skills
- Patient moving and handlingAdvanced
- Transfers to theatre and imagingAdvanced
- Hoist operationAdvanced
- Support to clinical staffAdvanced
- Access control and escortingAdvanced
- Waste and hygiene procedureAdvanced
Languages
- EnglishNative
- FrenchC1
- SpanishB2
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Professional headline
This is the line that decides whether they keep reading: a specific role and years of experience, never an adjective.
Hospital porter with A&E, theatre and patient transfer experience
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Example professional summary
Three or four sentences with your specialism, one figure and your goal. It sits right under the headline.
Hospital porter with nine years across an NHS hospital and a care home. I've covered A&E, theatres and inpatient wards, complete around 45 patient transfers a shift, and hold current moving and handling and hoist training.
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Achievements that work in this role
Past-tense verb, what you did, measurable result. Three to five per role, strongest first.
- 01Completed around 45 patient transfers a shift between wards and diagnostics
- 02Covered A&E, theatre and ward shifts with no recorded incidents
- 03Trained 4 new colleagues on hoist use and safe transfers
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Skills to include
Written as plain text: rating bars are invisible to automated filters.
- Patient moving and handling
- Transfers to theatre and imaging
- Hoist operation
- Support to clinical staff
- Access control and escorting
- Waste and hygiene procedure
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ATS keywords
The terms filters search for in this role. Place them inside your experience, not in a list at the end.
- portering
- moving and handling
- A&E
- theatres
- patient transfers
Work them naturally into your experience — these are the terms screening software scans for.
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Tips for this CV
What separates a CV for this trade from a generic one.
- 01
Group experience by department (A&E, theatres, wards) — that's how it's scored.
- 02
Add moving and handling training with hours and dates.
- 03
State site type and shifts covered, including nights and bank holidays.
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What a hospital porter CV is
Short definition, ready to quote.
A hospital porter CV is the one or two page document used to apply for a hospital porter role in healthcare and care: it brings together the professional headline, the profile summary, experience with measurable results and the competencies the trade expects you to evidence, such as Patient moving and handling and Transfers to theatre and imaging. Unlike a generic CV, it is ordered around what the applicant tracking system and the hiring manager look for in a hospital porter: the words used in the advert and the numbers of the actual job.
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Keywords and where to place them
Each term works best in a specific place in the document. Repeating them all at the end scores nothing.
| Keyword | Where to place it |
|---|---|
| portering | In the professional headline |
| moving and handling | In the profile summary |
| A&E | Inside an achievement with a figure |
| theatres | In the skills list |
| patient transfers | In training or certifications |
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How this hospital porter CV gets through the filters
What the example above does right, point by point.
- The headline reads «Hospital porter with A&E, theatre and patient transfer experience»: the job title (hospital porter) appears literally in the first line, not as a creative synonym.
- The trade's keywords —portering, moving and handling, A&E— sit inside the experience and summary, where the filter reads them in context.
- Every achievement carries its figure. «Completed around 45 patient transfers a shift between wards and diagnostics» is the pattern to copy: volume, timeframe and result.
- Skills such as Patient moving and handling, Transfers to theatre and imaging, Hoist operation are written as plain text, never as rating bars or stars, which no parser can read.
- The Official template is single-column and rated ATS verified, so the sections come out in order.
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What hiring managers look for in a hospital porter
The three points that separate two candidates in this trade.
Patient transfers and moving and handling
This is the core of the role: trolley and wheelchair transfers, hoist assistance, theatre support and moving patients to diagnostics. Give the volume: transfers per shift and the departments you covered.
Departments and shifts covered
A&E, theatres, mortuary, wards and internal logistics follow different protocols. List the departments you have worked in and whether you covered nights, because it defines the rota you fit.
Mandatory training and DBS
Manual handling, infection control, fire safety, safeguarding and a current enhanced DBS. Give each with the year: for a hospital porter post these are the screening criteria.
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Common mistakes on a hospital porter CV
The ones that repeat in this role, each with its fix.
- 01
Describing it as “helping around the hospital”
The role has defined duties: transfers, moving and handling, security of equipment, guiding patients and visitors, theatre and mortuary support. Write them by name or the CV cannot be assessed.
- 02
Leaving out manual handling training
Physical load is the main risk in the job. Naming your training shows you work without injuring yourself or putting the patient at risk.
- 03
Forgetting patient and family contact
A porter is often the first person a patient sees and the one accompanying them at difficult moments. Discretion, manner and confidentiality are part of the assessment.
- 04
Vague dates
Bank and NHS recruitment checks continuity of employment for the last three years. Approximate years trigger queries and delay clearance — give exact months per site.
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What a hospital porter earns
So you can tell whether an advert is at market rate before applying.
- Usual range
- NHS Band 2 typically £23,000-£24,000, plus unsocial hours enhancements
- What moves the figure
- Nights, weekends and high-cost area supplements change take-home more than the band does; private hospitals quote an hourly rate.
- Where the figure comes from
- Ranges observed in UK hospital porter adverts through 2026 against published NHS bands.
Frequently asked
Questions about a hospital porter CV
- What qualifications do I need to be a hospital porter?
- No formal qualification is required; recruitment focuses on manual handling, reliability, a clear enhanced DBS and the ability to work shifts. Any customer-facing or physical role counts as relevant experience.
- Which training helps most?
- Manual handling and patient moving, infection control, basic life support and conflict resolution. Give the hours and the awarding body so it can be verified.
- Does warehouse or security experience count?
- Yes. Both prove shift work, physical stamina and following procedure. Translate them into the hospital context: equipment handling, controlled access, incident reporting.
- Is it worth stating availability for nights?
- Yes, because nights and weekends are the hardest gaps to fill on any rota. Saying so plainly gets you more calls from the bank.
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