Job summary
- Main area
- Supply Chain
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent: Fixed term - Maternity cover
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 216-PL-CO7916366
- Employer
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Estover Distribution Centre
- Town
- Plymouth
- Salary
- £25,272 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Supply Chain Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
To work within a small team providing a picking, delivery, distribution and collection service within the Distribution Centre Estover, Goods In Department LV 2 and around the Derriford Hospital site.
To make deliveries to offsite locations using departmental transport.
To offload (and load) delivery vehicles using the departmental forklift, and to move goods around the site using the forklift as required.
4. Pick and deliver goods for patient care, as per agreed schedule to meet service line demands.
To provide basic support to other members of the Distribution Centre & Goods Inwards team in the event of sickness or absences
Main duties of the job
Delivery of goods to all wards and departments within the 11 floors of Derriford Hospital. Derriford employs @ 6500 people and is a major healthcare provider for the Southwest of England. The Goods Inwards department processes on average, 45 cages of goods consisting of a mixture of external & internal deliveries. Approximately 450 individual packages are received for onward delivery, to the requester during a working day. This does not include major deliveries such as furniture and medical equipment.
Goods Inwards processes deliveries and returns for several ‘off-site’ locations within Plymouth.
The department currently operates from 07:30 to 17:00, Monday to Friday.
Working for our organisation
We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment manager for this post who will put you in touch with the recruitment team. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Accept deliveries into UHP warehouse & Goods-In
2. Carry out Forklift daily health & Safety checks.
3. Carry out Transport daily health & Safety checks.
4. To stow warehouse stock in line with Trust FIFO guidelines.
5. Pick and pack requested medical products as per agreed schedule and point of care requirements.
6. To be aware of stock expiry dates and ensure that shortest dated stock is issued first to customers.
7. To deliver caged/palletised/loose goods to all Trust units and departments, ensuring they are left as directed in a safe and appropriate place.
8. To ensure all required delivery paperwork is correctly sorted, completed, and filed by the end of each day.
9. To ensure all types of urgent deliveries are made as appropriate and directed.
10. To collect and return goods to Goods Inwards as required.
11. To assist with the preparation of goods for delivery to units including the breakdown of mixed cages and palletised deliveries as required.
12. To assist with the matching of internal delivery paperwork to goods coming in and putting these goods in the relevant location for onward delivery.
13. To ensure the return of empty cages/pallets to the correct storage locations on level 2 for collection by NHSSC, Warehouse or other authorised users.
Person specification
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of working in a store / Goods inward environment
- Previous demonstrable experience of dealing with customers
- Be computer literate
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable experience of using Microsoft office software such as Excel and Word
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- GCSE’s 9-4 (A-C) in Maths & English and NVQ level 2 in either business administration or related subject or equivalent demonstrable experience
- Driving Licence
Desirable criteria
- Supply Chain / Logistics NVQ qualifications
APTITUDE & ABILITIES
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills, written and verbal, with ability to demonstrate fluency, clarity and effectiveness at all levels.
- Time management skills
- Accuracy
- Attention to detail
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- glen grant
- Job title
- Supply Chain Assistant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07703819219
- Additional information
Adam Hunt
Deputy Supply Chain Manager
07837374649
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