Job summary
- Main area
- Procurement
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 160-6808673
- Employer
- The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alder Hey Hospital
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Logistics Supervisor
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
The role of the Logistics Supervisor is to supervise all relevant Logistics assistants and support the delivery of Logistics activities across the Trust site; providing an efficient safe and secure goods supply service whilst ensuring agreed service levels are maintained.
The post holder will be a member of the Logistics team and will be required to adopt a flexible attitude and to develop skills to enable them to fulfil the responsibilities set out below;
Main duties of the job
Day to day Supervision of logistics staff, planning daily work schedules.
To provide operational cover when required to Logistics Officers on the Materials Management and Receipt and Distribution Teams.
To work closely with colleagues to ensure rotation/resilient staff coverage across all HPL organization(s) in the event of absences.
To provide operational cover when required to the Supply Chain Manager/Supervisors across all HPL organization(s).
Responsible for stock control, delivery, re-ordering, rotating and replenishment service
To ensure that all paperwork is completed correctly by wards/depts and that all paper-based records are correctly recorded and maintained
To liaise with suppliers regarding delivery commitments/returns.
To provide planning for bank holiday delivery schedules across all HPL organization(s).
Work with departmental clinicians / support staff to ensure the correct equipment, medical consumables and services are available for patient care
To remove/quarantine any items covered by Field Safety Notices or Medical Device alerts (FSN). To accurately record data with regards to areas affected.
To ensure that all deliveries are accounted for and receipted within 24 hours of delivery.
To present the procurement function as a progressive, proactive, responsive and innovative department.
To provide support to the Supply Chain Manager with the use of Trust inventory management and procurement systems across all HPL organization(s).
Working for our organisation
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.
With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification document for detailed information about the job description for this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- A good standard of general education incl. GCSE Maths and English or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in a busy NHS environment.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of successfully engaging stakeholders
- Experience in stock management and stores areas.
- Experience in managing teams across different functions and roles
- Experience in successful performance management and reporting on outcomes.
- Demonstrable IT knowledge including Microsoft Office applications used to create reports and to assist in data analysis.
- Understanding of local, regional and national procurement agendas and how this links into operational procurement activity.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of successful collaborative working.
- Understanding of the Green agenda and how supply chain can support this.
Skills & Attributes
Essential criteria
- Creative, innovative, ‘self-starter’ able to motivate self and others to complete agreed objectives.
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills, utilising a variety of communication techniques.
- Reliable, punctual, willing to work flexibly to meet the demands of the role
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels and build rapport with a variety of stakeholders.
- Ability to react to situations promptly in order to solve complex issues with inventory and stock availability
- Excellent organisation skills with the ability to prioritise workload to address conflicting demands
- Ability to work flexibly across multiple Trust sites as part of HPL
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
- Defyn Evans
- Job title
- Supply Chain Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07816353989
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