Job summary
- Main area
- Materials Management
- Grade
- Grade B
- Contract
- Permanent: Based at Calderdale Royal Hospital
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 372-CHS1618
- Employer
- Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions Ltd
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Calderdale Royal Hospital
- Town
- Halifax
- Salary
- £24,515 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/11/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 19/11/2025
Employer heading
Materials Management Assistant
Grade B
CHS is able to offer a wide range of services. Our scale enables us to offer competitive rates and we have a long track record of providing high quality, customer-focused services.
We offer comprehensive estates, facilities management, medical engineering, catering solutions and procurement services supporting the provision of safe, effective healthcare to our communities. We are committed to delivering our Green Plan goals of reducing carbon emissions, air pollution, waste generation and improving recycling throughout delivery of our services. We also enable profit to go back into patient care.
CHS recognises that its staff are its greatest asset and that its business is its people. The company aims to create an environment and culture of openness, trust and honesty. We encourage and celebrate diversity because broader perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge will enrich and enhance the value we bring to each other, our clients, shareholders and other stakeholders.
Job overview
Within the CRH Materials Management team we have an opportunity for a Materials Management Assistant to help to develop and enhance the
delivery of our patient focused services strategy. The post holder will work within the Materials Management team within CHS which plays a vital role in ensuring that medical and surgical consumable stock is available to all the wards and departments within the trust.
There is a requirement for manual handling and physical distribution of products. The need to work at pace whilst ensuring accuracy is critical to
ensure clinical staff have the necessary medical/surgical clinical consumables to deliver healthcare.
Regular interaction with staff from all wards and departments is key so a friendly and can do attitude is required at all times. A team player is
essential as the daily challenges will require an individual who has is flexible in their approach to the role.
The Person:
We are looking for someone ideally with experience of:
⯑ Working within a stock control based environment.
⯑ Understanding of the basics of stock replenishment.
⯑ Customer service and a friendly ‘can do’ attitude.
⯑ Working as part of a team in a time pressured environment
**Any CHFT applicants need to be aware that it will involve joining on CHS T&Cs**
Main duties of the job
As part of a locally based Materials Management Team the post holder will:
⯑ On a routine regular basis, ensure that goods are replenished in all areas as required using both stock management systems and oracle i-proc ordering systems.
⯑ To ensure that stock is maintained at the appropriate level using hand held data capture devices and the putting away of all stock to agreed standards.
⯑ Provide reports, specialist advice to customers and generally act as a focal point for all communication relating to ordered stock.
⯑ Maintain appropriate materials management and stores records on behalf of the customer.
⯑ Ensure that the services expected of the Procurement and Supplies Department are delivered in the most cost effective manner consistent with the agreed service standards.
⯑ Work closely with other members in the Materials Management Team and with the Procurement and Supplies Department colleagues.
⯑ Develop relationships with Trust colleagues.
⯑ Build and maintain strong customer relationships.
Working for our organisation
At CHS we understand the differences in delivering our services in complex environments and we have a flexible approach to meet the needs of our customers. Our Estates and Facilities management functions alongside our Clinical Engineering, decontamination and procurement service, provides the following:
- Fully managed estate and building maintenance
- Clinical Engineering and Decontamination
- Procurement advice, guidance and governance
- Capital project management
- Transport
- Grounds maintenance.
- Portering
- Catering
- Cleaning (including robot and deep cleaning)
All provided to nationally recognised standards giving you assurance that your premises and equipment will be the best they can, and your customers will have confidence in you as a provider.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See full JD for main responsibilites, but will include:
- Carry out a full materials management arrangement as appropriate in accordance with established procedures and timescales, ie the moving,
handling, distribution, receipting and storage of goods to the relevant stock location.
- Responsible for maintaining stock levels and rotation of locally held stock as appropriate and ensure stock does not exceed its ‘use by’ date.
- To regularly (approximately 10 times per day) move NHS Supply Chain roll cages (up to 180kg) and boxes (up to 18kg), within ward/department
areas.
- To work in an environment where interruptions will be encountered on a daily basis, eg where wards and departments make requests for
urgently required products, which can vary between 1 and 6 different requests per day
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 4 passes at G.C.S.E. level (or equivalent), at level C or above including English and Maths (or 2 years relevant logistics/stock handling experience.
Desirable criteria
- Health and Safety, COSHH, Risk Assessment, Moving and Handling awareness
- Willingness to undertake appropriate further study
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Good written, verbal and analytical skills
- Effective communication skills
- Ability to deal with customers courteously and effectively within clinical environments
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to use telephone in a professional confident manner
- Computer literacy - Basic computer skills (hand-held computer technology, mainframe computer technology, PC packages)
- Ability to lift goods, move trolleys from point of receipt to end user area’s i.e. wards or departments within the Trust site all in accordance with manual handling requirements
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Medical & Surgical products
- Understanding of logistics, e-dc and NHS Supply Chain
- Trust Standing Financial Instructions
- Purchasing processes within a trust.
- Understanding of stakeholder requirements pertinent to the healthcare industry
- Understanding of eCommerce
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience in a supplies department
- Working knowledge of the principles of effective stock control
- Knowledge of the principles of materials management
- Experience of main frame computer stock control systems and orders
- Working knowledge of bar code technology
Desirable criteria
- Experience of introducing new systems and processes
- Introduction of value for money savings initiatives
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Jaqui Yuen
- Job title
- Supply Chain Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01484 355094
- Additional information
Ellan Brown
Supply Chain Lead, CRH
07867 142188
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