Supply Chain Assistant

Job overview

• To provide a high-quality Receipting & Distribution service to Blackpool Victoria Hospital in line with Procurement Department procedures and Standing Financial Instructions.
• To provide and maintain a flexible, dedicated, comprehensive frontline support service to the staff and patients and provide a support service to other departments of the Trust. This involves undertaking a wide range of duties including delivering and handling consumables to enable the clinical and non-clinical departments of the Hospital to function effectively.
• To assist Trust Management in meeting the corporate objectives of the Trust.
• To deliver goods throughout the hospital site to wards and departments.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will work as part of a team to provide an efficient delivery service from the Receipt and Distribution point to the wards and Departments of Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
• To provide and to contribute to, a first-class customer care service to all users of the Trust.
• To deliver goods throughout the hospital site to wards and departments.

• To collect and return empty cartons and cages to the Receipt and Distribution Department.

• Undertake distribution duties as necessary using both motorised equipment and non-motorised equipment in accordance with training and proficiency skills.

• Ensure that the expectations of the service users are met through the compliance with the Procurement Services Standards.

• Where necessary use the Procurement system for receipting of goods and expediting delivery queries.

• Attend training as required to meet statutory and service needs within the Service.

• Ensure compliance with written procedures for all the aspects of the Receipt and Distribution Services, forming the basis of Procurement Standards and induction training.

• To attend incidents of fire, security and major incidents, in line with operational procedures.

• Have responsibility for the safe and effective utilisation of equipment used by the Service.

• Any other duties as required

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.