Job overview

The Procurement department at Airedale General Hospital is part of AGH Solutions ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.  

The Stock Control team within the procurement department are the face of procurement within the hospital, liaising with and assisting ward managers and staff on a daily basis.  Delivering excellent customer service and always striving to find new ways to improve and enhance the service provided.  

What We Are Looking For:

Organised: Ability to follow operating procedures and manage your own workload.

Physically Able: The role involves manual handling, cages, and walking between departments.

Technically Minded: Experience with IT systems, hand-held scanners, or stock management systems is desirable (but not essential).

Team Player: Positive, proactive, and "can-do" attitude.

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37.5 hours per week 

Mon-Thurs 9:00am – 5:00pm, Fri 8:30am – 4:30pm  (With ½ hour lunch)

Main duties of the job

To work within the Stock Control team providing a high-quality professional stock management service to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and Bradford District NHS Foundation Care Trust. To support the day to day running of the service within the Stock Control team.

Are you pro-active, organised, and looking for a role that directly supports frontline patient care?

Join our dynamic Stock Control Team! We are looking for a motivated Stock Control Assistant to join our team, ensuring that our wards and departments are perfectly stocked, allowing medical teams to focus on what matters most: the patients.

Why Join Us?

Job Stability: Permanent contract in a secure environment.

Meaningful Work: Directly impact patient care by ensuring essential clinical supplies are available.

Development: Training provided on systems like [e.g., NHS SC/Oracle/Inventory Management Systems].

Daily Replenishment: Conducting regular top-ups of ward and department storage areas agreeing stock levels using barcode scanning technology.

Inventory Control: Managing stock rotation to ensure compliance with expiry dates.

Stakeholder Engagement: Liaising with ward staff to review stock usage and optimise inventory levels.

Data Accuracy: Processing requests on our inventory systems to maintain accurate inventory records.

Problem solving: Dealing with logistical issues and finding the best solution; liaising with Supply Chain or the suppliers themselves to ensure a solution is found for all parties involved

Working for our organisation

AGH Solutions was born out of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, a hospital and community services trust based outside Keighley, West Yorkshire.
We are privileged to operate in a beautiful part of the country. The clinical services we support reach far up into the Yorkshire Dales, across the Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven patch. We are also lucky to have excellent transport links to Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and beyond. Leeds city centre is 25 minutes by train from Keighley.
We provide a wide range of services, from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement.
Our vision is to bring you a flexible, responsive, high quality, value for money service.
Our NHS heritage means we work to the values and ethics of the NHS, and to those of Airedale NHS FT specifically.