Job summary
- Main area
- Support Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 361-6409198
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £22,383 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
- Interview date
- 28/08/2024
Employer heading
Distribution Support Worker-Acute Medical Services
NHS AfC: Band 2
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Distribution Support Worker who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are looking for a dedicated and organised stores/distribution support worker to join our Acute Medical Services Unit and be an essential part of a lovely team!
The staff member will assist with the maintenance of stores and stock in the Acute Medical Services Unit. This will include keeping stock tidy, assisting with the receipt and storage of goods and ensuring all stock is in date.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
The Distribution Support Worker will assist with the receipt, storage and issues of stock, including the maintenance of records.
Ensure all stock is in date and stored correctly, and any out-of-date stock is discussed with ward matron/senior nurse prior to disposal according to Trust Policy.
You will stock-take and determine what supplies are needed, keeping to desired stock levels.
To unpack goods checking quantity and quality against order and delivery note.
To ensure effective stock rotation, keep stock in a tidy and efficient manner.
To stock-take, monitor, report and determine what supplies are needed, keeping to desired maximum and minimum stock levels held in AMS stores.
Replenish and maintain all emergency equipment and trolleys as well as regular cleaning and stocking of equipment trolleys in use in the clinical area. Trolleys should be checked daily.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in a comparable retail or admin environment.
- Working with customers
Desirable criteria
- Stores/warehouse experience.
- Previous experience in the healthcare setting.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Accurate team worker.
- Able to undertake simple word processing.
- Achieves objectives in timescale set
- Able to organize self
- Customer service skills.
- Ability to plan out workload effectively with other stores assistant/members of staff.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
Desirable criteria
- Ability to work closely with all grades of staff
- IT skills – maintaining/creating spreadsheets.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the requirements of the role.
- Basic understanding of NHS issues.
- Knowledge of health and safety issues.
- Numerate and literate.
- Able to perform simple calculations
- Able to input data accurately
- Able to use email system.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of processes involved in stock control and managing stores.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Grade C (GCSE) or at least level 5 (new grading) in Maths, Science and English.
Desirable criteria
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of moving and handling techniques.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Luca Fero
- Job title
- Service Coordinator (GMTS)
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Claudia Lewis - Acute Medical Services Matron - [email protected]
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