Job summary
- Main area
- Purchasing & Supplies
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8.00am to 4.00pm)
- Job ref
- 151-LC291
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Park Hospital
- Town
- Frimley
- Salary
- £25,427 per annum including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Logistics Assistant
Band 2
Job overview
Logistics Operative – Receipt & Distribution
Band: 2
📍 Based at: Frimley Park Hospital
🕐 Full time | Permanent
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated and reliable individual to join our friendly Logistics team within Receipt and Distribution at Frimley Park Hospital.
This is a hands-on and physically active role where you’ll play a key part in ensuring the timely and efficient delivery of essential supplies across the hospital. Working as part of a small, supportive team, you’ll be involved in the day-to-day distribution and collection of goods to all departments, helping to keep everything running smoothly behind the scenes.
Main duties of the job
🔧 What you’ll be doing:
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Carrying out internal deliveries and collections of supplies across the hospital site using electric vehicles.
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Assisting with the loading and unloading of delivery vehicles.
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Receipting goods on the Trust’s e-procurement system (full training provided).
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Collecting items for return, liaising with the Procurement team.
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Picking and packing stock held within the Logistics remit.
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Ensuring the Distribution area remains safe, clean, and well organised.
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Supporting additional Logistics tasks as directed by the Logistics Manager.
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Maintaining high standards of health and safety, including manual handling awareness.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
👥 What we’re looking for:
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A good team player with strong communication skills.
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Basic computer knowledge – full training will be given.
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A willingness to learn and take on new challenges.
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A strong awareness of safety and care in a healthcare setting.
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Previous experience in a stores or distribution role is desirable, but not essential – training will be provided.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good basic level of education
Desirable criteria
- Warehousing and distribution NVQ
Experience
Essential criteria
- Information Technology experience
- Customer service experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience working with stock control in a busy time critical environment
- Experience of computerised stores management / stock control systems
- Experience working in a healthcare setting
Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of ability to prioritise and plan own work Ability to work in a team and independently
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
- The position will involve the manual lifting and handling of miscellaneous goods and equipment over prolonged periods
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Darren Nebbett
- Job title
- Assistant Supply Chain Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 6134861
- Additional information
Richard Cadman - Supply Chain Manager 07917 601812
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