Inventory & Supplies Assistants

Overview

An exciting opportunity to help support front line clinical workers providing a unique perspective on the incredible work that is carried out in the modern NHS. This role is to provide and maintain levels of clinical products in clinical areas as well as ensuring that goods ordered into the hospital reaches its end user destination. You will be working within a team of like minded staff to reach these aims.

Focused, driven, dedicated team workers would be encouraged to apply. This post would suit individuals who have retail experience.

• Retail experience advantageous
• No health care experience required
• Job share / part time hours / flexible finish times
• Main duties of the job:
  This role is part of the Inventory & Supplies Team, providing a high quality service to the Trust. Working alongside Inventory & Supplies Assistants & reporting to a site based Team Leader. You will provide support to both the Receipt & Distribution & Stock Management functions within your designated areas.
• Candidates should have experience of manual handling and lifting of varying loads within an organisation, good communication skills at all levels both internally and with external organisations and suppliers & be able to demonstrate appropriate level of skill with electronic purchasing / stock management systems.
• The Supplies team consists of Inventory & Supplies Assistants working closely with a Team Leader & 2 Team Leader Assistants to achieve daily targets.
• This is a physical role where you will be on your feet most of the day with some sit down processing time.
• There is a high level of communication and support that is provided from within this team.
• New starters are introduced to their daily duties via an allocated mentor.
• This role includes the use of electric tugs to aid with the movement of goods around the sites, successful candidates will be expected to pass a course to enable safe use of this equipment.

• Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years ). We have four primary goals:
• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence
• And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
• Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team
• This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.