Supply Chain Officer

Job overview

The South West London Procurement Partnership came together on 1st April 2021 as a new single procurement service acting directly on behalf of; Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, Epsom & St. Helier NHS Trust., Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and St. George’s NHS Foundation Trust whilst also providing services to the wider South West London integrated care system. The new service is hosted by St. George’s NHS Foundation Trust.

The purpose of the service is to deliver better outcomes for partners through delivery at scale benefits for patients, staff and the wider health economy. The creation of the South West London Procurement Partnership is a critical foundation in developing the common infrastructure that will enable the wider place-based and system-level transformation in patient care which is at the heart of all 4 Trusts’ strategic aims; and support increased financial sustainability.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the service and to play a crucial role in realising our objectives.

We are looking to recruit a Materials Management Officer to work in the Central Stores team at St George's Hospital.

The successful candidate will be required to manage and order stock for clinical areas they have assigned to them, liaise with suppliers, deliver stock to areas, undertake stock audit of areas and undertake any other ad-hoc duties as and when required.

Main duties of the job

Job Summary

To contribute to the delivery of the Supply Chain and Logistics function at the hospital as follows:

• Provide a fully managed Supply Chain and Logistics replenishment service for stock and non-stock products to user departments.
• Ensure that all stocks are managed appropriately and cost effectively, meeting the needs of user departments and that all products are replenished in accordance with agreed processes, policies and procedures.
• Ensure non-stock products received in Receipts and Despatch are distributed to user departments.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.