Job summary
Employer heading
Theatres Scan4Safety Operative
NHS AfC: Band 3
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;
We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
The Theatres Scan4Safety Operative will work across Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust theatres on a planned basis supporting the work of the Theatres Scan4Safety Coordinator.
They will be responsible for communicating with other departments & companies to ensure that sterile supplies, stores and any other equipment required for theatre are ordered and received into the theatre department and thus assist in the smooth running of operating lists, in liaison with the Theatres Scan4Safety Coordinator.
The Theatres Scan4Safety Operative will be responsible for data input. They will also undertake general office work.
They will also be supporting and assisting with the provision of the Scan for Safety (S4S) program with responsibilities related to the deployment, administration and support of the Trusts’ elected Electronic Inventory Management (IM) and Point of Care (POC) system.
This job role is cross site working with the potential of 7 day working. Both full-time and part-time positions are available.
Main duties of the job
The role will be responsible for a number of key tasks at an exciting time for the team as we move towards the opening of the new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH) and introduce a new inventory management solution. These include:
- Management of stock within Theatres, including ordering using barcoding technology to agreed top up levels, in addition to putting away of stock.
- Ad-hoc ordering as required.
- Supporting the management of instruments within Theatres, including those requiring repair.
- Receipting of orders.
- Arrangement of loan kit requirements.
- Close working with Theatre teams to ensure stock coverage.
- Cross-site working as required.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
- Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details about what this role entails please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- ODS Level 2
- Be willing to undergo training as required
- GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English
Desirable criteria
- IT Skills - ECDL
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant Theatre Experience
Desirable criteria
- Stores management experience
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Paul Mellor
- Job title
- Deputy Director of Procurement
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01384 244287
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