Band 2 Logistics Operative (Site Based)

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 15,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary including payments?

Free car parking

Paid induction & training

Pension scheme

27 days paid holiday plus BH

Access to Blue Light and healthservice

Job summary

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a part-time Logistics Operative to support wards and departments at the Evington Centre in Leicester. The role involves precise handling of healthcare goods, patient moves, and logistics tasks during a 21-hour week on a 2-week rota, with shifts from 9:00 to 15:30 and alternate weekends.

Uniform is provided and duties include driving trust vehicles, waste transport, and providing a high standard of patient-focused support in line with Trust

Responsibilities

• Receipt and Distribution of Healthcare related products
• Transportation of linen cages, waste bins / carts in and around hospital environments
• Driving of trust vehicles
• Patient moves (reception to department or department to department)
• Domestic and Reception cover
• Conveyance and movement of patients by wheelchair, trolley, bed etc. including assisting clinical staff to reduce risk
• Movement of deceased persons complying with Trust Policies and Procedures
• To ensure all waste is collected, transported and disposed of in accordance with Trust Policies and procedures and current legislation.

Job description

Are you looking for a stable and rewarding role and would you love to do a job that gives you an over whelming feeling of satisfaction whilst working for a supportive NHS Trust. As an organisation, Leicester Partnership Trust recognises the important of work life balance, achieved through flexibility.

We have a Logistics Operative (site based) vacancy based at the Evington Centre, working an average of 21 hours per week over a 2 week rota, shifts are between 9am & 3.30pm and include alternate weekends.

The post holder will provide a high quality responsive, efficient and effective patient support service to wards, and departments in LPT NHS Trust acting in a caring and professional manner and working in line with departmental operating procedures.

Uniform is provided. A high standard of personal hygiene must be obtained.

• Receipt and Distribution of Healthcare related products
• Transportation of linen cages, waste bins / carts in and around hospital environments.
• Driving of trust vehicles.
• Patient moves (reception to department or department to department
• Domestic and Reception cover
• Conveyance and movement of patients by wheelchair, trolley, bed etc. including assisting clinical staff to reduce risk
• Movement of deceased persons complying with Trust Policies and Procedures
• To ensure all waste is collected, transported and disposed of in accordance with Trust Policies and procedures and current legislation.

Benefits

• Competitive salary including payments for unsocial hours, Saturday and Sunday enhanced pay
• Free car parking
• Paid induction & training
• Pension scheme
• 27 days paid holiday plus BH
• Access to Blue Light and health service discounts

We are recruiting across various sites and some roles will be mobile therefore may not be suitable for public transport but if you live within Leicester, one of the sites may be within your community.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information including AI in our recruitment process can be found in the Information for Applicants document attached.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.