Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust 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 single corporate service is delivered across both organisation.  You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. 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.

This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust only.

Band: 3 £25,760 - £27,476 per annum (effective from 01/04/2026)

Hours per Week: 37.5 full time

Contract Type: Permanent

Location :  St Mary's Hospital (IOW), Parkhurst Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5TG

The Print Department Operative Assistant delivers a high-quality print, finishing and distribution service for internal departments and approved external customers. The post holder supports the Quadient letters and leaflets process, prepares files for print (including PDF preparation in Adobe Acrobat), operates print and finishing equipment safely, and ensures work is produced accurately, confidentially and to deadline.

Specific Core Functions

• Print production (mono/colour) and quality checking against specification.
• PDF preparation and basic artwork checks using Adobe Acrobat.
• Finishing, packing and distribution of print products, including controlled documents where applicable.
• Customer service, routine quoting (using agreed quoting software) and job administration (enquiries, updates and handovers).
• First-line troubleshooting, equipment operation, routine cleaning/basic maintenance and adherence to safe systems of work.
• Stock control, receipting, ordering and support to income-generation processes.

For further information please refer to full job description.

Qualifications

Essential

General education. GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Maths.

Desirable

Relevant vocational training in print, reprographics, production or customer service.

Experience 

Essential

Experience of working in a busy production/service environment with time-critical deadlines and quality standards. Experience of using office IT systems and handling confidential information appropriately.

Desirable

Experience of working in a busy production/service environment with time-critical deadlines and quality standards. Experience of using office IT systems and handling confidential information appropriately.    Print-room/reprographics experience, including use of finishing equipment and/or distribution/delivery tasks.  Application form, interview and references.

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.