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Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Pharmacy Warehouse Operative

The closing date is 15 November 2026

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Job summary

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

Hours Per Week: 37.5 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

An exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and passionate team has become available at our Regional Drug Procurement Centre.

Main duties of the job

As a Pharmacy Warehouse Operative you will assist in providing 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. To ensure that the RDPC maintains the standards required by the Home Office in order to keep the departments Controlled Drug licence.

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 as 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 routes so that patient care and treatment is not compromised. The unit holds an MHRA wholesaler dealers licence and is 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

02 November 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

REF2726T

Job locations

RDPC Sedgensworth

2-4 Dewar Close,

Fareham

Hampshire

PO15 5UB

United Kingdom

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.

Specific Core Functions:

• Undertaking the day-to-day activities required to ensure all deadlines are met and that work is completed according to written work instructions and Good Distribution Practice, Health and Safety at work act and any other legislation where applicable.
• Receiving& responding to phone complex calls/emails from PHU wards/departments and external hospitals and customers asking for advice on a range of issues to include medication supplies, stock queries and supply shortage issues and delivery schedules.
• Staff will also be required to deliver training to staff who rotate from PHU in their student technician roles and pre-registration pharmacist roles as well as new starters in the department.
• Enforcement of quality management systems within the department including completion of documentation, maintenance of quality indicators and compliance with the results of audits to ensure the standards of GDP required by the MHRA are met at all times.
• Receipting of pharmaceutical stock and checking against delivery notes or copy orders, highlighting discrepancies to the warehouse manager or office team.
• Ensuring that pharmaceutical stock is stored with due regard to storage requirements and stock rotation, to include ambient, refrigerated, controlled drugs, unlicensed and robot items.
• Creating picking lists for stock from orders generated by wards and departments served by PHU using computerised options including a bar code reader or keyboard data entry.

For full job details and person specification please refer to the Job Description

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.

Specific Core Functions:

• Undertaking the day-to-day activities required to ensure all deadlines are met and that work is completed according to written work instructions and Good Distribution Practice, Health and Safety at work act and any other legislation where applicable.
• Receiving& responding to phone complex calls/emails from PHU wards/departments and external hospitals and customers asking for advice on a range of issues to include medication supplies, stock queries and supply shortage issues and delivery schedules.
• Staff will also be required to deliver training to staff who rotate from PHU in their student technician roles and pre-registration pharmacist roles as well as new starters in the department.
• Enforcement of quality management systems within the department including completion of documentation, maintenance of quality indicators and compliance with the results of audits to ensure the standards of GDP required by the MHRA are met at all times.
• Receipting of pharmaceutical stock and checking against delivery notes or copy orders, highlighting discrepancies to the warehouse manager or office team.
• Ensuring that pharmaceutical stock is stored with due regard to storage requirements and stock rotation, to include ambient, refrigerated, controlled drugs, unlicensed and robot items.
• Creating picking lists for stock from orders generated by wards and departments served by PHU using computerised options including a bar code reader or keyboard data entry.

For full job details and person specification please refer to the Job Description

Person Specification

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

Essential

• Manual Handling skills weights of up to 25kg regularly moved manually, greater weights by means of electrical or mechanical equipment - training provided.
• Ability to work using own initiative and without supervision.
• Able to maintain high concentration for long periods.
• Ability to work safely under pressure.
• Ability to work flexibly and prioritise workload.
• Health & Safety/security awareness.
• Knowledge of principles of GDP (good distribution practice) and Quality Management Systems.
• Good understanding of principles of stock control.
• Able to investigate problems logically.
• Demonstrated ability to handle hazardous materials safely and according to local work instructions.
• Proactive attitude to ongoing training and assessment.

Desirable

• Previous experience in a similar role.
• Previous experience working with pharmaceuticals.
• Experience of stock control/handling.
• Fork-lift driving licence training provided.
• Full clean UK driving licence.

Person Specification

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

Essential

• Manual Handling skills weights of up to 25kg regularly moved manually, greater weights by means of electrical or mechanical equipment - training provided.
• Ability to work using own initiative and without supervision.
• Able to maintain high concentration for long periods.
• Ability to work safely under pressure.
• Ability to work flexibly and prioritise workload.
• Health & Safety/security awareness.
• Knowledge of principles of GDP (good distribution practice) and Quality Management Systems.
• Good understanding of principles of stock control.
• Able to investigate problems logically.
• Demonstrated ability to handle hazardous materials safely and according to local work instructions.
• Proactive attitude to ongoing training and assessment.

Desirable

• Previous experience in a similar role.
• Previous experience working with pharmaceuticals.
• Experience of stock control/handling.
• Fork-lift driving licence training provided.
• Full clean UK driving licence.

Employer details

Employer name

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Address

RDPC Sedgensworth

2-4 Dewar Close,

Fareham

Hampshire

PO15 5UB

United Kingdom

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

RDPC Sedgensworth

2-4 Dewar Close,

Fareham

Hampshire

PO15 5UB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Hiring Team

Dean Bowring

[email protected]

Details

Date posted

02 November 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

REF2726T

Job locations

RDPC Sedgensworth

2-4 Dewar Close,

Fareham

Hampshire

PO15 5UB

United Kingdom

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