Procurement Distribution Service Operative
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Procurement Distribution Service Operative at North Manchester General Hospital. The successful candidate will be part of a growing team facilitating the supply of medical consumables, equipment, and PPE across MFT and surrounding community functions. Key tasks include handling, processing, and routing goods, using an inventory management system for ordering, receiving, and stock checking, and ensuring accurate documentation for audit purposes.
Key responsibilities
- Receive daily PUSH deliveries of medical consumable items, ensuring quality checks, count, and proper storage.
- Pick and pack general consumables and PPE to fulfill orders for MFT and community areas.
- Receive and quality check deliveries from NHSSC and direct suppliers, matching stock quantities and product references to orders.
- Maintain high levels of communication with the Scan4Safety team and Procurement Distribution Services team regarding PUSH goods deliveries.
Essential criteria
- Any previous experience in warehousing
- Good numeracy skills
Desirable criteria
- Any previous experience in warehousing
- Basic IT skills - Outlook, Excel, Word
- Good communication skills
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 6d
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Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Procurement Distribution Service Operative
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to be part of our growing Procurement Distribution Services team based at North Manchester General Hospital (NMGH).
A fast moving and growing service that facilitates MFT and surrounding community functions supplying medical consumables/equipment/PPE. Ensuring the prompt and efficient handling, processing and routing of goods, through our trust PDC and R&D functions. Using our inventory management system for processes such as ordering, receiving, stock checking, cycle counting and the raising of electronic documentation forgoods received.
Ensuring that accurate documentation is available for invoice clearanceand audit purposes.
Main duties of the job
Receive daily PUSH deliveries of medical consumable items from MFT's Procurement distribution Centre for onward delivery. Ensuring full quality checks, count and general storage of items are completed.
Picking and packing of general consumables and PPE lines to fulfill orders for all MFT and community areas.
Receive and quality check deliveries from NHSSC and direct from suppliers ensuring stock quantities and product references match the order raised.
Maintain high levels of communication between the Scan4Safety team and Procurement Distributio
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