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.
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
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
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
