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Multi Drop Van Driver
Based at Polar Speed UPS Distribution, Unit 15, Newport Business Centre, Corporation Road, Newport, NP19 4RF
Salary: £12.21 per hour, 8 hours per week, every Friday or could do 4 hours Thursday and 4 hours Friday. Please note this will be an 8 hour a week contract, however overtime may be required during peak periods.
Polar Speed, a UPS company, is a logistics company and innovative provider of temperature sensitive transportation and pharmaceutical supply chain solutions in the UK.
Polar Speed has a reputation for quality, compliance, operational and customer facing technology and monitoring solutions in the growing temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical logistics market in the UK.
The company specialises in active temperature-controlled deliveries to hospitals, pharmacies, wholesalers and medical care surgeries as well as to end patients which it serves through its homecare business. Its customers include some of the best known pharmaceutical brands in the world.
As a Hospital Stock Assistant for our Newport depot, you will be required to drive to the Grange Hospital which is within 25 minutes of the depot where you will do a stock count and unpack stick, ensuring the medication is taken to the correct hospital department. Working in a chiller is an essential part of this role. This is an additional service we offer to hospitals, so the successful candidate will be focused on attention to detail, treating our hospital staff with the utmost courtesy and respect.
We offer a wide range of benefits including 28 days’ holiday (including bank holidays) building to 33 days (including bank holidays) in the sixth full holiday year and a company pension scheme, and UPS Perks At Work scheme.
Due to the nature of the work we do and for successful applicants, Polar Speed will be required to process enhanced disclosure criminal record checks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Unpack stock and ensure it is taken to correct hospital department
• Complete stock counts
• Product lines and numbers checked against the packing list and stock rotated and put away
• The driver has to conduct stock counts so must be accurate with excellent attention to detail
• There can be several put away locations at the hospital, so the ideal candidate will become familiar with these areas and the different product lines
• Must be able to spend a long time working within the chilled area
• Present a smart working appearance at all times and offer a niche professional service

Key Skills/Experience/Requirements:

• A minimum of 2 years’ driving experience
• Must hold a B category driving licence (ideally no more than 3 points)
• Appreciates the need for confidentiality
• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• High attention to detail
• Good organisation skills with the ability to prioritise and use own initiative

• Unpack stock and ensure it is taken to correct hospital department
• Complete stock counts
• Product lines and numbers checked against the packing list and stock rotated and put away
• The driver has to conduct stock counts so must be accurate with excellent attention to detail
• There can be several put away locations at the hospital, so the ideal candidate will become familiar with these areas and the different product lines
• Must be able to spend a long time working within the chilled area
• Present a smart working appearance at all times and offer a niche professional servic