Job requirements
Essential
9 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Team working experience
- Experience
Awareness of customer service provision
- Experience
Willingness to learn a wide range of tasks relating to the Trust(s) logistics activities
- Qualifications
Must possess basic literacy and numeracy skills
- Personal Attributes
Able to work flexibly within a shift pattern which includes weekend and bank holiday
- Personal Attributes
Able to manually handle goods for significant periods throughout the working shift that may be bulky/heavy safely using equipment as appropriate.
- Personal Attributes
Flexible approach to work
- Technical Skills /Competencies
Basic IT skills to be able to use electronic systems for daily activities, training and information
- Technical Skills /Competencies
Able to operate simple machinery to facilitate safe manual handling
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications
Full car driving licence (endorsements need consideration)
- Qualifications
First aid at work certificate
- Technical Skills /Competencies
Intermediate IT skills including the use of MS Excel & MS Word
Job overview
Are you our next Logistic Support Worker wanting to join us in the NHS?
We are looking for motivated individuals to join our busy multi-functional logistics team who undertake a variety of tasks across the Trust.
Duties may involve working within the linen room (including uniform issues) packing and distributing clean linen to our wards and departments, working within our goods inwards area handling receipt and distribution of ordered items, and/or working in our post room area sorting, distributing and franking letters and parcels.
We use computers and barcode scanners as part of our processes, so a basic understanding of computers is required. We do however provide on the job training and support to all our colleagues.
Please note the role includes the need to manually handle goods safely for significant periods throughout the working shift that may be bulky/heavy, using equipment such as roll cages and pallet trucks, as appropriate.
There is a need to be flexible in working hours and location, as we are University Hospital Dorset merged organisation. You may be required to work cross site.
Interview: 2nd November
Main duties of the job
You may need to work flexibly within a shift pattern, which could include occasional weekend and bank holiday working on a Rota & additional Payment.
Please note if you previously applied and were not successful, we will not be able to reconsider your application within 3 months.
Additional contact information:
Stuart Fleming - Logistics Manager
stuart.fleming7@nhs.net / 0300 019 5101
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
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This advert is for Logistics Support Worker with University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust in Bournemouth, England. It is listed as a Band 2 Stores operative role. The advertised salary is £25,272 pa. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 25 Oct 2026.
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