• Job Description

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  Job summary

  Band 3 - £24,625 - £25,674 per annum

  Full time and part time (37.5 and 27 hours per week, permanent role)

  An exciting opportunity has become available within our Regional Drug Purchasing Centre based in Fareham. If you thrive in a fast paced environment where no day is the same, this could the role for you. You will benefit from extensive training and the support of a skilled and friendly team.

  Main duties of the job

  The Pharmacy procurement and wholesale distribution team process orders, receipts, checks, picks, packs, and delivers over 5 million medicines each year. As well as this, the team operate a trading short - line NHS wholesaler, they pick orders for ward boxes that are supplied to the hospital and act as first line responders to stock shortages by investigating alternative supply subject to Good Distribution Practice (GDP) regulations and MHRA inspections.

  About us

  Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

  Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

  Details

  Date posted

  20 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 3

  Salary

  £24,625 to £25,674 a year

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Part-time

  Reference number

  REF1450S

  Job locations

  Unit 1 Matrix Park Talbot road

  Fareham

  PO15 5AP

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • To provide support to deliver the supply of pharmaceuticals to Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust (PHU) and carry out the receipt and distribution of wholesaling activities from the Regional Drug Purchasing Centre (RDPC) to external customer.
  • Help to maintain the standards required by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in order to keep the departments wholesaler dealer licence and reputation with customers.
  • Help to maintain the standards required by the Home Office in order to keep the departments Controlled Drug licence.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • To provide support to deliver the supply of pharmaceuticals to Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust (PHU) and carry out the receipt and distribution of wholesaling activities from the Regional Drug Purchasing Centre (RDPC) to external customer.
  • Help to maintain the standards required by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in order to keep the departments wholesaler dealer licence and reputation with customers.
  • Help to maintain the standards required by the Home Office in order to keep the departments Controlled Drug licence.

  Person Specification

  Personal Qualities

  Essential

  • Punctual and reliable
  • Careful and attentive to detail
  • Able to manipulate heavy weights (up to 25kg)
  • Able to manoeuvre heavy weights (over 25kg)
  • Able to use initiative whilst knowing when to refer
  • Able to work in cold environment - i.e. refrigerated hold of vehicle, cold stores
  • Able to work outdoors when necessary to load and unload vehicles in all weather conditions
  • Willingness to be flexible in working hours
  • Ability to remain calm and courteous at all times
  • Ability to work alone and as part of a small team

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Good education standard e.g, GCSEs in English and Mathematics or equivalent.
  • Willingness to undertake in-house and Trust training essential for the post.

  Experience

  Desirable

  • Previous experience in a similar role
  • Previous experience working with pharmaceuticals
  • Experience of stock control/handling

  Skills and Knowledge

  Essential

  • Manual Handling skills - weights of up to 25kg regularly moved manually, greater weights by means of electrical or mechanical equipment - training provided
  • Good communication skills
  • Good interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team
  • Computer skills
  • Able to maintain high concentration for long periods
  • Ability to work flexibly and prioritise workload
  • Good understand of principles of stock control
  • Demonstrated ability to handle hazardous materials safely and according to local work instructions

  Desirable

  • Fork-lift driving license (training provided)
  • Full clean UK driving license

  Person Specification

  Personal Qualities

  Essential

  • Punctual and reliable
  • Careful and attentive to detail
  • Able to manipulate heavy weights (up to 25kg)
  • Able to manoeuvre heavy weights (over 25kg)
  • Able to use initiative whilst knowing when to refer
  • Able to work in cold environment - i.e. refrigerated hold of vehicle, cold stores
  • Able to work outdoors when necessary to load and unload vehicles in all weather conditions
  • Willingness to be flexible in working hours
  • Ability to remain calm and courteous at all times
  • Ability to work alone and as part of a small team

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Good education standard e.g, GCSEs in English and Mathematics or equivalent.
  • Willingness to undertake in-house and Trust training essential for the post.

  Experience

  Desirable

  • Previous experience in a similar role
  • Previous experience working with pharmaceuticals
  • Experience of stock control/handling

  Skills and Knowledge

  Essential

  • Manual Handling skills - weights of up to 25kg regularly moved manually, greater weights by means of electrical or mechanical equipment - training provided
  • Good communication skills
  • Good interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team
  • Computer skills
  • Able to maintain high concentration for long periods
  • Ability to work flexibly and prioritise workload
  • Good understand of principles of stock control
  • Demonstrated ability to handle hazardous materials safely and according to local work instructions

  Desirable

  • Fork-lift driving license (training provided)
  • Full clean UK driving license

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

  Address

  Unit 1 Matrix Park Talbot road

  Fareham

  PO15 5AP

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

  Address

  Unit 1 Matrix Park Talbot road

  Fareham

  PO15 5AP

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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