Supply Chain Coordinator

Our vision for Single Corporate Services  

Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT) and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) have a shared vision of a single corporate service across our two organisations, supported by a single set of identical systems and processes, under joint leadership, to drive significant efficiencies, improve employee experience, and return time to patient care. 

Why are we changing the way we deliver Corporate Services? 

Working as a partnership, both IWT and PHU have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. The creation of a single corporate service is essential for us to support our clinical and operational services, and our wider transformation programme. 

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

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

Hours: Full Time, 37.5 per week 

Contract Type: Permanent

The Trust’s Procurement and Supply Department needs an enthusiastic team player to join our Supply Chain Team, to provide essential services to wards and departments, throughout the Queen Alexandra and St. Mary’s Hospitals.



Some knowledge of supply chain management and the use of hand held bar code readers would be useful, but not essential, as would  the use of Procurement and Inventory systems, however full training will be provided. You should have experience of working in a customer services environment and be prepared to undertake light lifting. Keyboard skills are essential.



You will have a flexible approach to work and the ability to communicate well with customers and colleagues. You will be able to prioritise your workload whilst understanding that you will have to meet deadlines.

Whilst our Procurement team is based at Lakeside North Harbour, our Supply Chain Teams are based at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth as well as at St. Mary’s in Newport IoW.



For further information, please refer to Job description.

Significant Working Relationships 

• Daily contact with the Supply Chain Supervisor on a daily basis for work instructions and administration completion. 
• Liaise daily, in a cordial and friendly manner with the various Trusts Staff during the course of duties and scheduled runs. 
• Liaise daily, in a cordial and friendly manner with customers and with members of the public at all locations visited. 

Communication and Working Relationships 

• Communications will involve tact and persuasive skills whilst providing advice, instruction to individuals or to groups. 

Analytical and Judgement  

• Judgements involving complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options.  

Planning and organising  

• The post holder organises own day-to-day work tasks or activities.  

Physical Skills 

• The post has minimal demand for work related physical skills.  

Patient Client Care  

• Assists patients/clients/relatives during incidental contacts.  

Policy and Service Development  

• The post holder is responsible for implementing policies within a team/department and proposes changes to working practices or procedures for own work area.  

Financial Management  

• The post holder will observe a personal duty of care in relation to equipment and resources used in the course of their work.  

Management/Leadership 

• Assist in the training of all new employees and demonstrate all working procedures by Supply Chain and stock data entry. 

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most. 



We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.