Each and every person who works at The Christie performs a valuable role which directly links to patient care. Whether it is a nurse delivering chemotherapy treatments, a member of the administration team sending out an appointment letter, a surgeon performing a robotic procedure, the domestic teams ensuring our wards are spotlessly clean, or an IT engineer keeping our computer systems running, there is a huge variety of roles that come together to make The Christie special.
All our staff go to tremendous lengths to help each and every one of our patients and together: We are The Christie.
Tom Spencer worked as a porter at The Christie for nearly three years before moving into his current role as a waste minimisation officer last year.
He oversees all the waste across the Trust – from clinical waste to things like furniture – to make sure we’re being as sustainable as possible
Tom used to work in IT but was made redundant during COVID. He applied for a portering job at The Christie and hasn’t looked back since.
“Getting to know patients was the thing I loved about being a porter. After a while, you looked at the list and started to recognise people’s names on there. I enjoyed chatting to them. I got to know one woman particularly well – she even said that I was her personal porter. That still makes me smile even now.
