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Essential
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- Experience
*Working within a team.
- Qualifications
*Good Standard of General Education to GCSE or equivalent level (E)
- Qualifications
*Willingness to undertake training and become competent in fire warden training.
- Additional Criteria
*Reliable
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*Punctual
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*Motivated
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*Team Builder
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*Diplomatic
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*Confident
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*Committed
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*Multi Tasker
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*Relationship Builder
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*Persuasive
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*Hard working
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*Professional
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
*To have worked within a Hospital or similar environment .
- Experience
*Previous experience in a Logistics environment.
- Qualifications
*Driving license.
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the forward-thinking Logistics and Supply Chain team at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. This key operational role supports the smooth and efficient delivery of essential services across hospital departments. We have a position working 37.5 hours per week Monday- Friday, 13:00-21:00.
As a Material Movement Operative, you will work in a fast-paced Logistics environment, contributing to the timely movement of goods, waste, and critical supplies across multiple sites.
The opportunity is available across two sites, the successful applicant will work systematically to ensure just in time delivery to all operational areas, whilst striving to continuously improve the service offered by the Logistics and Supply Chain Team as a whole.
Main duties of the job
*Collect, handle, and manage waste materials from theatres, wards, and clinical areas, ensuring safe and compliant disposal procedures are followed.
*Transport and manage clean and contaminated theatre instruments, maintaining strict hygiene, safety, and infection control standards.
*Deliver stock, linen, food items (e.g. bread and milk), and post to designated departments using roll cages, pallets, and trolleys.
*Ensure timely and secure delivery of pharmacy supplies to wards and departments in line with Trust procedures.
*Operate a company 3.5-tonne vehicle safely and responsibly, adhering to road safety regulations and delivery schedules.
*Pick, pack, and prepare linen for hospital wards, ensuring accuracy, hygiene standards, and timely delivery.
*Scan and book in incoming orders using internal systems, ensuring accurate receipting, tracking, and prompt distribution to relevant departments.
*Pharmacy/Chemotherapy Deliveries
*Receipting and distribution of parcels.
*Ad hoc tasks such as collecting furniture for scrap
*In house LLOP/tug training.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Details
- Date posted: 07 September 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 2
- Salary: £25,272 to £25,272 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: 304-1103427-1
- Job locations: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TH, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
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This advert is for Band 2 Material Movement Operative - Logistics with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham, England. It is listed as a Band 2 Stores operative role. The advertised salary is £25,272 to £25,272 a year. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 13 Sep 2026.
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