As a Hospital Porter, you will need to master following:

• accept own accountability
• adapt to emergency care environment
• apply context specific clinical competences
• apply good clinical practices
• clinical science
• comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
• conduct physical examination in emergency
• disorders of vital functions
• employ specific paramedic techniques in out-of-hospital care
• ensure safety of healthcare users
• immobilise patients for emergency intervention
• monitor patient's vital signs
• operate specialised equipment in emergency
• position patients undergoing interventions
• principles of paramedic practice
• prioritise emergencies
• tolerate stress
• transfer patients
• transport patient to medical facility
• transportation methods

More generally, a hospital porter is also versed in:

• adhere to organisational guidelines
• assess nature of injury in emergency
• communicate in healthcare
• comply with legislation related to health care
• deal with emergency care situations
• emergency cases
• first aid
• follow clinical guidelines
• human anatomy
• interact with healthcare users
• listen actively
• manage major incidents
• observe confidentiality
• operate an emergency communication system
• operational tactics for emergency responses
• provide first aid
• respond to changing situations in health care
• select hazard control

It also helps to know the following:

• answer patients' questions
• assist patients with rehabilitation
• deal with patients' anxiety
• identify patients' behaviours
• monitor basic patients signs
• physical science applied to paramedical practice
• provide basic support to patients
• apply organisational techniques