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Supplies Support Officer
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 08.00 to 16.00)
Job ref
220-WHT-3470
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Moorfields Eye Hospital - Central Stores
Town
London
Salary
£30,546 - £32,207 Per Annum Inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/11/2025 23:59

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Goods Receiving and Distribution Officer

NHS AfC: Band 3

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Job overview

We have an excellent reputation for being innovative, responsive and flexible to the changing clinical needs of the local population. We are treating more patients than ever before and are dedicated to improving services to deliver the best for our patients. 

Goods Receiving and Distribution Officer (Supplies), this role will be based at the Moorfields Eye Hospital Site

To offer support in the receipt and delivery, to undertake deliveries throughout the hospital site, this role involves lifting, carrying, bending and is a physical role; interaction with staff of all levels is required

Main duties of the job

Responsible for the correct receipt of goods into the site and organizing their delivery to user departments.This service is provided to all NHS Trusts on all sites.
Undertake goods receipting, organize goods for distribution by facilities management portering staff, undertake distribution where required and provide support to the Ward Inventory Control service with the checking and putting away of goods at ward level where required. Also picking
internal requisitions from a bulk store, using inventory systems and issuing stock. Each of the Goods Receipt & Distribution Officer staff will have a nominated base but are required to work on other PPS sites these include Moorfields, Royal Free, Barnet , Chase farm and the Whittington Hospital., depending on the needs of the service. 

 

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.  We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.  The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Undertake goods receipting, organize goods for distribution by receipt and delivery staff, undertake distribution where required and provide support to the Ward Inventory Control service with the checking and putting away of goods at ward level where required.  Each of the Goods Receipt & Distribution Officer staff will have a nominated base but are required to work on other PPS sites these include Moorfields, Royal Free, Barnet , Chase farm and the Whittington Hospital., depending on the needs of the service. 

Person specification

Education / Qualification

Essential criteria
  • GCSE standard of literacy to read instructions or reference material

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Ability to understand instructions and/or follow task lists
Desirable criteria
  • NHS experience
  • Previous experience in distribution and ISO9000 procedures
  • Experience of warehouse environment NHS experience

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Basic awareness of Health and Safety in the workplace
  • Able to undertake a range of manual and routine tasks
  • Self-motivated and able to use own initiative Ability to integrate into a team environment
  • Basic computer skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident committed

Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Carl Williams
Job title
Logistics Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0207 566 2465
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