Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arise to join our Supply Chain Team in Royal United Hospital (Bath), based out of the site at Combe Park, Bath as a Supply Chain Coordinator. 

The Royal United Hospital (Bath) as part of the Integrated Care Service initiative between Salisbury, Bath and Swindon.

It is a time of huge opportunities and impactful changes within the NHS modernising the service by adopting GS1 standards and Scan4Safety methods.

The successful applicant will have a drive to deliver outstanding Supply Chain Service to our clinicians and ensure all the processes are followed so we can ensure the patient is safe and all products are available to the end users. 

This is a customer focused role providing a service to maintain a continuous supply of goods to the forefront to deliver patient and clinical care. 

The role is varied and very physical in nature due to the activities that will be undertaken such as picking, packing, sorting, and the distribution of goods.  

The role is a full time 37.5 hours / week Mon – Fri 07:00 – 15:00

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic, organised, and highly motivated individual to join our Supply Chain team at the RUH in Bath. 

This role is to enhance the level of service delivered to the Acute trust and to drive improvements.

As a Supply Chain Assistant, you will be responsible for ensuring that clinical services within the hospital receive regular deliveries. 

The primary tasks of the role are as follows:

Delivering cages of inventory around the RUH site, using a Trust supplied vehicle. Occasionally visits to other Trusts may be required. 

Collecting empty cages from around the site. 

Delivering parcels around site and obtaining a proof of delivery. 

Assisting in the Receipts and Distribution department with booking in and receipting of goods.

Assisting Supply Chain Co-Ordinators as required.

Bath is a wonderful place to live and work. Our main hospital site is 1.5 miles from the city centre and is served by great transport links including Park & Ride services and the national cycle route 24, 244. Bath offers excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene.

If we receive high level of applications, the vacancy may close early. So, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. If you feel you need additional time, please contact recruitment to discuss if we can help.

Please see attached Job description for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust provides acute treatment and care for a catchment population of around 500,000 people in Bath, North East Somerset and West Wiltshire. We provide 759 beds and a comprehensive range of acute services including medicine and surgery, services for women and children, accident and emergency services, and diagnostic and clinical support services.

The CQC recently rated the care we provide as outstanding new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities at our Trust. You will work alongside high calibre staff, many of whom have a national and international reputation for specialist expertise and world-class care, focusing on providing the best services to our patients. Our values are simple; Everyone Matters, Working Together, Making a Difference, and represent our aspiration for the type of hospitals we want to be.

The ideal candidate will have a full understanding of best customer service practices and possess the ability to work on their own initiative developing customer relationships and new effective order processes.  Excellent communications skills are paramount and the ability to work unsupervised as well as part of a team.  Previous experience within procurement and the Health sector would be a distinctive advantage.  In addition to the above duties the post holder may also be required to undertake Receipts and Distribution duties.