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Job Description

This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust only.

NHS Band 3 Salary:  £25,760 - £27,476 per annum

Hours per Week:  Full Time 37.5 

Contract Type:  Permanent

Location:  St Mary's Hospital (IOW), Parkhurst Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5TG

Join our friendly Procurement and Supply Department and play a key role keeping wards and departments at Queen Alexandra Hospital and St Mary’s Hospital, Isle of Wight, stocked and ready to treat patients.

Key responsibilities:

  • Operate the Inventory Management System to process, track and replenish stock.
  • Use an advanced Inventory Management System, utilising barcode technology to order medical and surgical products.
  • Pick, pack and deliver medical and surgical supplies to wards and departments.
  • Maintain accurate stock records and assist with stock audits.
  • Provide friendly, efficient customer service to clinical and non-clinical teams.
  • Prioritise workload to meet deadlines and respond to urgent requests.
  • Perform light manual handling as required and follow health and safety procedures.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of supply chain processes.

What we are looking for:

  • Enthusiastic team player with a positive, customer focused attitude.
  • Keyboard and basic IT skills; full training on our Inventory Management System will be given.
  • Good verbal communication and the ability to liaise effectively with colleagues and clinical teams.
  • Ability to prioritise tasks and work to deadlines in a fast paced environment.
  • Willingness to undertake light lifting and follow manual handling guidance.
  • The skill to prioritise your workload whilst understanding that you will have to meet deadlines.
  • Previous experience in supply chain, stock control, retail, hospitality or a hospital environment is desirable but not essential.

Whilst our Procurement team is based at Lakeside North Harbour, our Supply Chain Teams are based at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth as well as at St. Mary’s in Newport IoW.

For further information, please refer to Job description.

    Qualifications

    Essential

    • Education to GCSE or equivalent, including Mathematics and English NVQ Level 3 or CIPS Foundation Level

    Desirable

    • Training in moving and handling goods. 

    Experience

    • Experience of working in a service industry
    • Ability to communicate in written and oral English.
    • Ability to operate a personal computer with knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, database, and presentation software.
    • Ability to understand and work with financial, administrative and personnel processes and practices

    Additional Information

    The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

    We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. 

    For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026

    Job details
    Workplace
    Office
    Location
    Newport, England, United Kingdom
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    Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
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    Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is one of the largest acute hospital trusts in the country, treating over half a million patients each year. The Trust is the second largest employer in Portsmouth. We provide comprehensive secondary care and specialist services to a local population of 675,000 people across South East Hampshire. We also offer some speciality services to a wider catchment of around two million people. Our population is characterised by its diversity – the rural and the urban, areas of wealth juxtaposed with real pockets of deprivation, and gaps in life expectancy. Most of our services are provided at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham, but we also offer a range of outpatient and diagnostic facilities closer to patients’ homes in community hospital sites and at local treatment centres throughout South East Hampshire, including St Mary's Treatment Centre, Gosport War Memorial Hospital and Petersfield Community Hospital. This LinkedIn page is kept up to date by the Communications Team who can be contacted at [email protected]. You can follow us on Twitter: @QAHospitalNews Do you have any compliments, comments or complaints? Please contact our Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) on: 0800 917 6039 or email: [email protected].

    Employees
    2419
    Industry
    Hospitals and Health Care
    Headquarters
    Portsmouth
    Founded
    1904
    Company location
    Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY, GB

    Key team members

    Phil Berrington

    Phil Berrington

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