Procurement & Supply Chain Apprentice
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
The closing date is 03 October 2024
Job summary
Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust is pleased to offer the opportunity of an Apprenticeship within our Procurement & Supply Chain department based the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch.
This role will support the team within the following areas:
- Ordering & Receipting clinical products
- Delivering products into clinical areas
- Support time focused projects
- Provide administrative support for the team
You will be a valued member of our busy and friendly team and assist in the effective and smooth running of the department.
Main duties of the job
This position will play an essential role as part of the Supply Chain team within our busy Wards and departments, ordering and moving medical consumables and stock products. The post holder will undertake Supply Chain duties associated with economic ordering, movement, receipting and efficient storage of goods and promote and maintain a cost effective and proactive inventory management service in accordance with agreed policies and procedures. The successful candidate will be based with the Procurement & Supply Chain Team at the Alexandra Hospital. The successful candidate will be involved with all Supply Chain based tasks including raising and following up purchase orders and liaising with suppliers and stakeholders as well as physical work managing stock upon delivery and restocking shelf locations. The post holder will support the roll out of a new Inventory Management System within the organisation, and will learn to use the system daily, which will include optimising stock levels, barcoding and indexing products and supporting in other areas if necessary.
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Date posted
19 September 2024
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£12,480 a year
Contract
Apprenticeship
Duration
15 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
C9365-24-0456-3
Job locations
The Alexandra Hospital
Woodrow Drive
Redditch
Worcestershire
B98 7UB
Employer details
Employer name
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
The Alexandra Hospital
Woodrow Drive
Redditch
Worcestershire
B98 7UB
Employer's website
https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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