Job summary
- Main area
- Stock Management
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-STG-713139-7396180-DK
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St. George's Hospital
- Town
- Tooting
- Salary
- £30,546 - £32,207 pa pr incl HCAS (inner)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Stock Supervisor
Band 3
Job overview
To be an efficient and flexible member of the SWL Pathology team providing consistently high quality and professional service to all users of the service.
1. To liaise with and advise the appropriate managers on all matters relating to stock control.
2. To coordinate and be responsible for the efficient and effective running of the stock control system within the centralised SWLP goods-in space, utilised by both Clinical Blood Sciences and Microbiology.
3. To proactively monitor and manage the use of all Microbiology stock rooms, with assigned responsibility for ordering defined products to minimum and maximum thresholds
4. To be responsible for health and safety and security of the shared stock room and all associated stock receiving areas. To be responsible for staff across SWLP having dedicated and supervised access to this area.
5. To supervise the effective use, management and organisation of all stock areas and goods delivery points, including delegated responsibility for supervising Band 2 stock control coordinators.
Main duties of the job
As the microbiology stock supervisor, you will be required to proactively monitor and manage stock control within Microbiology. You will be required to liaise with colleagues within Microbiology and Clinical Blood Sciences in relation to the centralised SWLP goods-in space and escalate issues to the appropriate managers in a timely manner.
You should have good attention to detail, be able to follow defined protocols, be flexible, highly motivated, with excellent communication skills and be a strong team player fully committed to patient care.
Working for our organisation
South West London Pathology is an award winning pathology partnership between four Hospital Trusts – St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust and Epsom & St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust – designed to provide an integrated, high quality pathology service for hospitals and GPs across South West London, by bringing together the best of each Trust’s service and providing them within a single organisation.
The Microbiology department at St George’s has state of the art of equipment offering full lab automation and a vast array of molecular platforms. The laboratory prides itself on its innovative and progressive approach to Microbiology.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
More information about South West London Pathology can be found on our website https://www.swlpath.nhs.uk/
For full details of the main responsibilities for the role, please see the attached job description and person specification
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience of ordering systems or stock management
Desirable criteria
- NHS Experience
- Communication with wide range of staff across a large network
- Experience of improving existing stock management systems
- Experience of leading and supervising colleagues
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to communicate information accurately
- Able to follow written methodologies and/or protocols
- Basic computer skills
- Effective organisational and time management skills
- Able to work as part of a team
- Awareness of Health and Safety issues
- Ability to work without supervision and using own in initiative
- Ability to cope effectively under pressure and manage complex and challenging situations
Desirable criteria
- Experience with Excel or other stock management software
- Ability to take initiative and work proactively
- Experience of working in a busy and pressured environment
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- GCSE/ O levels in Maths and English or Science equivalent
- IT literate to include Microsoft programmes
Other relevant requirements
Essential criteria
- Good manual dexterity
- Ability to perform moderate physical work
- Able to be stationed at a computer for periodic use
Desirable criteria
- Able to perform at a high level of physical effort, standing, walking, lifting, pushing and pulling as required
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
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Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dawn Andrew
- Job title
- Microbiology Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 725 4798
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