Part-Time Health Courier Driver & Storekeeper

Health Courier Services Store Keeper/Driver Band 2

Main area Health Courier Service Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent: 20 hours per week, 4 hours a day Mon - Friday Hours Part time - 20 hours per week (20 hours per week, 4 hours a day Mon - Friday) Job ref 043-EA

Site Unit 5 Town Newport Salary £26,300 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 28/05/:59

Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

Job overview

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership provides Clinical Logistics Transport Services across all Health Boards in Wales via its Health Courier Service and is seeking Driver/Storekeeper staff to join this service based in the Newport area, serving South Wales.

On average, the service sorts (via its own mail sorting hubs), delivers and collects over 120,000 items of mail/medical notes per week, and transports in excess of 5 million movements of samples of Blood Products and Pathology in accordance with Accord Dangereux Routier, Good Manufacturing Practice & legislative requirements per year. Our core services operates between 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday. However, we do operate a small range of services 24 hours a day.

We have five roles available. All positions are contracted at 20 hours per week, working 4 hours per day Monday to Friday.

Two roles have an anticipated start date of 1st July 2026, with the remaining three roles anticipated to commence on 1st September 2026.

Main duties of the job

As a Health Courier Service Driver/Storekeeper you will be responsible for stock items in stores centres and also for the safe and secure transport, distribution and replenishment of NHS Pathology, Blood/Blood Products, Secure and Non Secure Stationery, Laundry, Mail/Records and Stock items such as medical consumables (e.g. needles/syringes/containers) that are distributed to primary health care sites; (Hospitals, GP practices, pharmacies, opticians, dental surgeries) across NHS Wales.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac.

Person specification Qualifications

• Full Driving Licence
• Moving and Handling and Awareness of Health and Safety
• Sound geographical knowledge of area served
• Driving a range of vans
• Basic knowledge of Vehicle Maintenance

Knowledge and Skills Criteria

• Dealing with customers
• Use of Mobile Technology
• Welsh speaker

We are committed to flexible working and equal opportunities.

If you are short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the email address with which you registered. Please ensure that you check your email account regularly.

Prior consideration for this vacancy will be given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

When applying for this post it is essential that you read the Job Description and Person Specification (where available) and demonstrate how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the person specification. Only candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or a Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

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The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.