Materials Management Liaison Officer - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

An enthusiastic person required to provide a well-managed, efficient, secure, safe, accurate and timely service for the ordering, receipt, storage and distribution of goods in Theatres within the Royal Victoria Infirmary.

Ensure that stock is received in accordance with policy and is rotated to minimise wastage. Adopt a flexible approach to any stores activity undertaken. Day to day problem solving is required for this role.

Analysis, review of working practices, direct liaison with clinical teams to support improvement work for both financial and efficiency savings.

Interview Date 06/04/202 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week

Ensure storerooms are adequately stocked at all times and goods stored under the correct conditions in the appropriate location following stock rotation procedures.

Maintain safe working practices when unpacking, checking and storing goods.

Responsible for stock levels within the department to minimise over stocking and in accordance with service need.

Use reporting functionality where appropriate to ensure a continual approach to improvement within the department, support clinical teams in ensuring working practices relating to stores management are implemented and efficiencies maximised on a daily basis to ensure timely deliveries.

To develop maximum and minimum stock levels with speciality Team Leaders including setting the appropriate stocking levels, as advised by the Team Leaders and Theatre manager to ensure financial savings potentials are maximised within the department.

Prepare and provide details to finance department on request and participate in the yearly stock take of all stock held within the department.

Use supplier documentation to return incorrect or damaged goods etc. to the supplier for credit.

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

Rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country.

This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
- represented groups.

As part of the Materials Management Team, the post holder will:

Provide a Materials Management replenishment service, using NHS Supply Chain computer system
At Freeman manage a stock of printed stationary for issue to department throughout the Trust.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you.

Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.