Job summary
- Main area
- Procurement
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday - 08:00hrs. to 16:00hrs (with 30 minutes lunch break)(excluding bank holidays))
- Job ref
- 220-WHT-3025-A
- Employer
- Whittington Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chalkmill Drive (Enfield - EN1 1TZ) / Royal Free Hospital (Hampstead - NW3 2QG)
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £29,176 - £30,225 per annum inclusive of HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Goods Receiving & Distribution Officer
NHS AfC: Band 3
Covid-19 Vaccination
Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.
Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.
For our current apprenticeship vacancies, please go to https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship and use Keyword ‘Whittington’
By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.
Job overview
We have an excellent reputation for being innovative, responsive and flexible to the changing clinical needs of the local population. We are treating more patients than ever before and are dedicated to improving services to deliver the best for our patients.
Goods Receiving and Distribution Officer (Supplies) this role will offer support in the receipt and delivery, to undertake delivery's throughout the hospital site, this role involves lifting, carrying, bending and is a physical role, interaction with staff of all levels is required
Responsible for the correct receipt of goods into the site and organizing their delivery to user departments. This service is provided to all NHS Trusts on all sites.
"Previous applicants need not apply"?
Main duties of the job
Responsible for the correct receipt of goods into the site and organizing their delivery to user departments. This service is provided to all NHS Trusts on all sites.
Undertake goods receipting, organize goods for distribution by portering staff, undertake distribution where required and provide support to the Ward Inventory Controller (Material Management Service) with the checking and putting away of goods at ward level where required. Also picking internal requisitions from a bulk store, using inventory systems and issuing stock. Each of the Goods Receipt & Distribution Officer staff will have a nominated base but are required to work on other PPS hospital sites these include Moorfields, Barnet, Chase Farm, North Middlesex and Whittington., depending on the needs of the service.
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Competencies
The competencies outlined in this position description are ideals to which the candidate will need to consistently display in order to conduct the job effectively.
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP SKILLS
Direct deliveries to the correct delivery point.
Routinely provide and receive information relating to orders, deliveries, discrepancies and action as necessary.
Maintain effective communications with other members of the team to ensure a smooth and efficient working environment.
Responsible for the identification and segregation of items that require P.A.T. testing. Ensure third party contractor carries out testing promptly and arrange onward delivery.
Responsible for identification and segregation of medical equipment that requires testing by E.B.M.E./M.E.S. Ensure that E.B.M.E./M.E.S. receive the goods promptly and arrange onward delivery as appropriate.
Work with the Receipt and Distribution Supervisor to provide a flexible receipt and delivery service that meets the requirements of the end users.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE standard of literacy to read instructions or reference material
- Ability to understand instructions and/or follow task lists
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Basic awareness of Health and Safety in the workplace
- Able to undertake a range of manual and routine tasks
Knowledge & Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of warehouse environment NHS experience.
- Previous experience in distribution and ISO9000 procedures
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Fazal Malik
- Job title
- Multi-Site Logistics Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07970882266
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