Job summary
- Main area
- Ward Inventory Controll (Supplies)
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday - 08:00hrs. to 16:00hrs (with 30 minutes lunch break)(excluding bank holidays))
- Job ref
- 220-WHT-3271
- Employer
- Whittington Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Whittington Health NHS Trust
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £33,094 - £36,195 Per Annum Including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Ward Inventory Controller (Supplies)
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that clinical areas have a continuous supply of medical and surgical consumables in line with the Trust’s materials management systems. This will include visiting the clinical areas to an agreed schedule, undertaking inventory using Trust's Inventory Management System and put away stock on shelves in clinical areas when deliveries arrive.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that clinical areas have a continuous supply of medical and surgical consumables in line with the Trust’s materials management systems. This will include visiting the clinical areas to an agreed schedule, undertaking inventory using Trust's Inventory Management System and put away stock on shelves in clinical areas when deliveries arrive.
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
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that clinical areas have a continuous supply of medical and surgical consumables in line with the Trust’s materials management systems. This will include visiting the clinical areas to an agreed schedule, undertaking inventory using Trust's Inventory Management System and put away stock on shelves in clinical areas when deliveries arrive. The post holder will assist with the day-to-day administration of the Supplies Department and provide purchasing support as directed by the Deputy Logistics Manager.
The post holder will have a nominated base but can be required to work on any PPS site, depending on the needs of the service.
All activities listed in job description are undertaken on a daily basis, unless stated otherwise
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- A level standard of literacy, mathematics to read instructions or reference material to set stock levels
- Ability to understand instructions and/or follow task lists
- Knowledge of contract law acquired through Short courses or equivalent 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
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Min 5 years’ experience in management of materials working in NHS environment
- Experience with working with Excel understanding and able to present this information when required
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in distribution and ISO9000 procedures
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mark Lane
- Job title
- Deputy Logistics Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02072885156
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