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Hospital porter CV: example and template

This example is for hospital porters and orderlies at hospitals, emergency departments, care facilities and medical transport firms, and for people who want to start working in a hospital.

The employer wants to know which wards you work on, how you move patients, whether you help with lifting and procedures, how you look after hygiene and disinfection and how you work in a team. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: hospital porter

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Kacper Zielinski

Hospital porter

Lodz +48 123 456 789 kacper.zielinski@example.com

Professional profile

Hospital porter with 5 years of experience at a multi-specialty hospital, including 3 years in the emergency department. I move patients to tests, procedures and between wards, help with lifting and repositioning, prepare beds and equipment, disinfect wheelchairs and carry samples to the laboratory. I make 40 patient transfers a shift on average.

Work experience

Hospital porter

03.2021 - present

Multi-specialty hospital, emergency department, Lodz

  • 40 patient transfers a shift on average.
  • Moving patients to tests, procedures and between wards.
  • Help with lifting and repositioning patients.
  • Preparing beds, wheelchairs and equipment, disinfection.
  • Carrying samples to the laboratory and documents.

Hospital orderly

05.2019 - 02.2021

City hospital, Zgierz

  • Moving patients on the ward.
  • Helping nurses.
  • Keeping things tidy.

Education

Secondary education

2014 - 2017

Secondary School in Zgierz

Skills

  • Moving patients
  • Safe lifting and repositioning
  • Preparing beds and equipment
  • Disinfection and hygiene rules
  • Carrying samples for testing
  • Working with the medical team

Training

  • Qualified first aid course
  • Safe patient handling training, 2022
  • Hospital hygiene training, 2023

Languages

  • English: A2

Additional information

  • Shift work
  • Up-to-date sanitary and epidemiological tests

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write a hospital porter CV

Professional summary

Write which hospital and wards you work on and what your tasks are. Add numbers, for example transfers a shift. The employer is looking for a porter who is strong, fit and careful, reacts quickly and works well with the staff.

Person with experience of physical work in a warehouse and a qualified first aid course. I am physically fit, punctual and calm in difficult situations. I am looking for work as a hospital porter.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe the hospital, wards, transfers, help with patients, preparing equipment and disinfection. Show the scale in numbers. Add courses and tests. Also say whether you work in the emergency department or in medical transport.

Weaker: Transfers.

Better: Moving patients to tests, procedures and between wards.

Weaker: Help.

Better: Help with lifting and repositioning patients.

Weaker: Scale.

Better: 40 patient transfers a shift on average.

Skills worth listing

List transfers, lifting, preparing equipment, disinfection and teamwork. In your soft skills show physical fitness, calm and empathy.

Professional skills

  • Moving patients
  • Patient handling
  • Preparing equipment
  • Disinfection
  • Carrying samples
  • First aid

Personal skills

  • Physical fitness
  • Calm
  • Empathy
  • Punctuality
  • Teamwork

Training

List a qualified first aid course and training in patient handling and hygiene. A first aid course is often welcome or required.

How to become a hospital porter

This job usually does not require hospital experience. On your CV show physical work, responsibility and a first aid course.

Add willingness to work shifts. A hospital works around the clock.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

An emergency department looks for speed and calm, a surgical ward for transfers to the operating theatre, and a care facility for help with bedridden patients. Move to the top what the job ad is about. Also say whether you know patient lifting equipment.

The most common mistakes on a hospital porter CV

Questions and answers

What should a hospital porter put on a CV?

The hospital, wards, transfers, help with patients, equipment, disinfection, courses and shift pattern.

Is medical experience needed?

Usually not, but a first aid course helps a lot.

How is a porter different from a medical caregiver?

A porter mainly moves patients and helps with lifting, while a medical caregiver does nursing care tasks.

Which numbers are worth giving?

The number of transfers a shift and the wards you cover.

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