Job summary
- Main area
- Theatres
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 18.5 hours per week (Negotiable to meet needs of service)
- Job ref
- 218-ACS-B2-6984032
- Employer
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hospital of St Cross
- Town
- Rugby
- Salary
- £23,615 per annum pro rota
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Stores Operative
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
Stores Operative BAND 2 , Rugby Theatres .
Main duties will be receipt and distribution of stores for Theatres. This involves collection of stores from the delivery point in the hospital . Checking and putting away stores accurately . Maintaining and checking of stock levels , ensuring stock rotation , checking expiry dates. Working under direction of Clinical Lead to stock up and replenish consumables in clinical areas .
Providing and maintaining high level of standards within the department. To deliver an efficient service for the trust.
Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
Please note this position is not eligible for sponsorship.
Please note interviews are proposed for week commencing 17th March.
Main duties of the job
Assist in the receipt and distribution of deliveries including the management of stock ordered for the bulk stores facility. Take responsibility for the security of goods from the point of receipt and ensure stock is correctly stored and distributed to all Areas. Comply with the principles of risk management including health and safety legislation, promoting high standards and acting immediately on hazards or unsafe practices in conjunction with other staff. Undertake any other tasks as required by the Theatre Manager and the Band 7 Lead for Equipment and Stores and Consumables .
- Responsible for the receipt of goods/stores from Receipt and Distribution into Theatres ensuring that all relevant paperwork is completed checked and signed.
- Operate the Trust’s Integra Computer System to identify the destination of each delivery.
- In accordance with department procedures, complete the necessary internal delivery paperwork and then deliver parcels/stores to various locations within the department.
- Responsibility for the security of goods from the point or receipt and ensure stock is put away in a timely manner.
- Liaise with Receipt and Distribution regarding the uplifts and issues of returns and discrepancies.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Ensure that the Receipting Area is kept secure and tidy at all times.
- Assist in general queries and action the request for goods as and when required.
- To assist in the twice-yearly stock take of theatre consumables, held in the theatre storage areas.
- Responsible for checking allocated areas in storeroom, highlighting any concerns, overorders or shortages of stock.
- Ensuring Storerooms and Clinical Storage Trolleys are kept clean and tidy.
- Prioritise daily tasks to achieve timescales set.
- Assisting Clinical staff with restocking of clinical areas.
- To support team members and the wider team.
- This may require providing cross-cover on a reciprocal basis in the absence of colleagues.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- See supporting documents
Experience
Essential criteria
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Knowledge
Essential criteria
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Skills
Essential criteria
- See supporting documents
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Derrick Hammond
- Job title
- Principal Operating Department Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01788 663779
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