Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Inventory Operative

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 3 Supply chain Inventory Operative within the Procurement service. We are seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic and innovative individual with excellent communication skills and the ability to build relationships across a multi-professional team and be able to adapt to an evolving service in order to ensure the continuous delivery of high quality patient care.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking to appoint a Supply Chain Inventory Operative within the Procurement Shared service. The appointment to this post will be based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

The role will be responsible for the stock control of multi locations within Queen Elizabeth, varying from Wards to Theatres using a Automated Omnicell Ordering System.

The successful candidate must be able to prioritise competing demands for the service, be able to learn quickly to understand the complexity of the service.

Experience in Supply Chain is required. Omnicell experience is preferred.

If you believe you have the skills and enthusiasm to join and help lead our services, we would love to hear from you.

About us

The Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Procurement Shared Service provides a specialist support for several NHS trusts within London including Guy's and St Thomas' hospital sites and the Evelina Children's Hospital as well as Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust.

These day-to-day services will be managed in accordance with agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints. The post holder will be responsible for the inventory stock holding in clinical departments.

Date posted

20 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£27,129 to £28,649 a year inc outer London HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

196-A&C108

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Stadium Road

London

SE18 4QH

Job description

Job responsibilities

A key operational role that will be the face of the service, providing a world class inventory stock management system. This role will be part of a small onsite team restocking and ordering in clinical areas from theaters to wards and clinics in a highly effective supply chain service

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

3 GCSE's A-C, including being numerically competent.
NVQ level 3/Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPs) foundation stage or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a multi disciplinary supply chain environment ~ automated stock management systems, stock control, supplies delivery
Experience in a customer services background and must be able to meet pre-set schedules and deal with queries efficiently.

Skills

Essential

Knowledge of the Procure to Pay process, including Oracle e-Business systems receipting
Experienced MS Office system user, including, Word, Excel and Access
Ability to organise and prioritise own & teams workload and meet strict deadlines.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

3 GCSE's A-C, including being numerically competent.
NVQ level 3/Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPs) foundation stage or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a multi disciplinary supply chain environment ~ automated stock management systems, stock control, supplies delivery
Experience in a customer services background and must be able to meet pre-set schedules and deal with queries efficiently.

Skills

Essential

Knowledge of the Procure to Pay process, including Oracle e-Business systems receipting
Experienced MS Office system user, including, Word, Excel and Access
Ability to organise and prioritise own & teams workload and meet strict deadlines.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Stadium Road

London

SE18 4QH

Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Stadium Road

London

SE18 4QH

Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)