Materials Management Officer - Haywards Heath, United Kingdom - 379 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

379 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

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Haywards Heath, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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We are looking for an enthusiastic Materials Management Officer with a flexible approach and great customer service skills to join our team at the Princess Royal Hospital in HaywardsHeath.

To provide a high quality and professional Materials Management service throughout the Trust ensuring appropriate levels of stock and supply routes for products are selected and used.

The procurement/commercial team have a range of backgrounds and experience.

We are united by our desire to build strong relationships with operational and clinical colleagues and with our suppliers in order to deliver value to the Trust and to our patients.

All staff within the team have access to training and development opportunities, including support for a professional procurement qualification.

The Trust offers a wide range of active staff groups including our network groups for LGBTQ+, Disability, and SOAR for our Black, Asian and ethnic minority colleagues and allies.

Membership and participation in these networks, is encouraged.

Due to the nature of the role, you will be expected to spend all of your working week on the hospital site.

We support flexible working arrangements.

Join us at UHSussex, every day is different, you can be the change, better never stops

At UHSussex we're proud to be at the heart of the NHS.

As one of the UK's largest acute Trusts, we're a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.

Improving lives:

We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation, with hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals, who work together towards a common goal, to always put our Patient First.

Our mission is summed up by our 'where better never stops' motto and no matter the role at UHSussex, you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs.

This can be seen in our wellbeing programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

Build a career with us:

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be.

From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop.

We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

Ensure the effective and efficient delivery of a high-quality Materials Management service maximising the benefit of the service to the Trust.

Undertake reviews of stock holding on a regular basis and as directed by the Supplies Team Leader to determine if any changes are needed to stock levels.

Purchase goods to obtain best value for money for the Trust, working within the public sector policy and legal framework.

Support the location / relocation of stock for existing and / or new wards / areas through timely decanting / priming of ward storage areas.

Ensure items, relevant to the post and areas supported, are receipted on to the purchasing ordering system.

The role involves a significant amount of walking, manual handling, unloading and unpacking goods from cages and restocking ward and department stock rooms.