Job summary
- Main area
- Procurement
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 25 hours per week
- Job ref
- 356-25-6846441-A
- Employer
- York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- York Hospital
- Town
- York
- Salary
- £24,169 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Supply Chain Assistant
Band 2
Job overview
This vacancy is based at York.
25 hours per week (5 hours per day)
07:30 - 12:30 (start time negotiable)
The three Partner Trusts have set an objective of creating a singleprocurement function which will help support the sustainable provisionof clinical and non-clinical services.
A newly formed Humber & North Yorkshire Procurement Collaborative, hosted by Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, will provide procurement and supply chain services to its Partner Trusts, and may extend over time to service other bodies within the Integrated Care System.
Working as a Supply Chain Assistant based at York District Hospital you will contribute to the cleanliness, security and safety of equipment and stock throughout the Trust.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated
Please do not apply directly to this advert.
Application is via Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Please use the following link Job Advert
Main duties of the job
You will work within clearly defined procedures using your own initiative on routine matters and refer to the Supply Chain Operative when necessary.
Responsible for stocking clinical and non-clinical areas with products delivered, maintaining stock rotation to minimise wastage,
Taking delivery of product delivered to site, receipting all goods delivered onto the e-Procurement system, and scanning to reorder stock against agreed stock levels.
You will work to ensure an efficient and effective customer focused service is provided for all staff across the site ensuring they can deliver excellent patient care
Please note that this advertised vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa and therefore HUTH would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
Working for our organisation
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Please do not apply directly to this advert.
Application is via Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Please use the following link Job Advert
Person specification
Skills and Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to work alone and on own initiative, making decisions as necessary.
- Respects and safeguards confidential information.
- Problem solving ability
- Ability to communicate in a clear and polite manner
- Routine work procedures
Desirable criteria
- NHS experience.
- Experience of using inventory management systems.
- Qualified to operate pallet trucks/ delivery trucks.
- Ability to travel across the various Trust sites and provide support as required to maintain business continuity.
- Flexible approach, able to cope with change and uncertainty.
- Strong team player, highly enthusiastic and motivated.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a stock management position whether that is receipt & distribution (warehouse) or stock management (materials management)
- Knowledge of risk assessments in busy working environments
Desirable criteria
- NHS experience
- Experience of using inventory management systems
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to work alone and on own initiative, making decisions as necessary
- Able to organise and prioritise heavy workloads for self and for team
- Able to manage change
- Excellent communicator, able to persuade and negotiate
- Respects and safeguards confidential information
- IT literate and evidence of modern working practices
Desirable criteria
- Qualified to operate pallet trucks/ delivery trucks
Ability
Essential criteria
- Routine work procedures which will be provided during induction over a couple of weeks
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using inventory management systems.
- Additional knowledge acquired through training and experience
- NHS experience.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Odile Dale
- Job title
- Site Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01904 721962
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