Job summary
- Main area
- Pathology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday -Friday)
- Job ref
- 418-DTO2643-SJ-Bedford
- Employer
- Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bedford Hospital Pathology Block
- Town
- Bedford
- Salary
- £22,383 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Pathology Operational Support Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
The Pathology Department at Bedford site has a vacancy for a Operations Support Assistant. You will be required to undertake receipting and distribution duties. The task is very physical in nature due to the picking, packing, sorting, and delivery of goods. Responsible for good stock management, raising requisitions to suppliers, processing orders, dealing with questions and queries. You will need to work with colleagues to ensure good stock movement. The candidate will be responsible for autoclaving of clinical waste.
The ideal candidate will have a full understanding of best customer service practices and possess the ability to work on their own initiative developing customer relationships and new effective order processes. Excellent communications skills are paramount and the ability to work unsupervised as well as part of a team. A good standard of general education and numerical competency is a must. Computer literacy is essential. Previous experience within procurement and the Health sector would be a distinctive advantage.
Main duties of the job
Receive and distribute deliveries.
Order consumables for Bedford Pathology site.
Maintain accurate records of orders and deliveries
Distribute GP supplies
Autoclaving
Working for our organisation
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics.
You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career.
We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible.
All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required.
Please review all documents attached to this advert to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
1. The post holder will be required to work independently and as part of a team, liaise with other healthcare professionals, clinicians, laboratory staff, suppliers and/or their representatives.
2. The post holder will contribute in the provision of an efficient service for the Pathology service.
3. The post holder must observe the policies and procedures relevant to the role. The work involves routinely handling paperwork i.e. patient reports, post and deliveries to pathology that may contain pathogenic micro-organisms.
4. The department is highly computerised and a good knowledge of IT software is necessary to the role.
Key Relationships
Consultant Pathologists
Office staff
Laboratory staff
Laboratory managerial staff
Laboratory support staff Service users
OBJECTIVES, PURPOSE & RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POST
1. To undertake general office duties.
2. To assist with the ordering of stationery and maintaining a good level of stock control.
3. To assist with daily ordering with suppliers and to chase outstanding deliveries.
4. To ensure that the GP consumable orders are fulfilled to correct levels and there is no detrimental impact on the users resulting from lack of stock.
5. To accept deliveries and direct them, in a timely fashion, to the correct discipline within Pathology.
6. To ensure that the goods on the delivery note are in accordance with those ordered, and either receipt goods in as delivery complete or liaise with supplier with regard to outstanding goods.
7. To ensure goods received are receipted on to the relevant software.
8. To assist in the maintenance of the printers.
9. To assist with the disposal of clinical waste including the use of autoclaves.
10. Organisation of the storerooms within Pathology. To keep storeroom clean and ensure stock is rotated.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- Educated to good GCSE level in English and Maths
Desirable criteria
- Keyboard and IT skills ECDL or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven keyboard skills
- Experience of using word process packages
Desirable criteria
- Administration experience
Communication skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent written communication skills
- Excellent verbal communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to communicate with staff of all levels.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of MS Office
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to input data accurately and efficiently
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to prioritise work
- Ability to adapt to change within working siuation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Merrion
- Job title
- Pathology Office Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01582 497995
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