Band 3 - Supply Chain Controller, Procurement & Supply Chain

Westhertshospitals; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a motivated individual for a Band 3 Supply Chain Controller role in Hemel Hempstead. You will manage stock, process orders, and support the migration to a full Inventory Management System across wards and departments.

The role requires experience in stock control, familiarity with NHS procurement, and the ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders while meeting deadlines.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of stores management or CIPS qualifications or courses attended.
• Good IT and keyboard skills.
• Knowledge of the NHS.
• An understanding of Trusts Standing Financial Instructions and Procurement procedures.
• Ability to travel between sites.
• Willing to work towards CILT qualification.

Responsibilities

• To order and stow stock at ward/department level, using bar code systems where materials management and theatres solutions have been established for agreed stocked product lines.
• Top-up of wards and clinical areas to be carried out in accordance with pre-determined schedule.
• Timely receipt of orders placed forward top-up on Trust Inventory system.
• To replenish, receipt, issue and stow stock using Genesis system.
• Stock to be rotated by expiry date when topping-up storage locations, ensuring stock with shortest life is in position to be used first.
• To process requisitions on the computer system in accordance with an agreed input timetable, with delegated responsibility for authorising orders for wards and departments.
• To ensure any returns to suppliers are processed efficiently, with the correct paperwork, and a credit is raised by the supplier
• To maintain professional and effective relationships with all key stakeholders
• To work collaboratively with other Supply Chain Controllers to adopt standardised best practice initiatives across all areas and in line with Supply Chain Manager’s instructions.

Skills

Stock control experience

Microsoft Office

IT skills

NHS knowledge

Education

CIPS qualifications or courses attended

General Education

Willing to work towards CILT qualification

Tools

Excel

Word

Job description

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Band 3 - Supply Chain Controller, Procurement & Supply Chain

Band 3

Main area Supply Chain Controller Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 360-E-11434

Department name West Herts - General Staffing Site Hemel Hempstead Hospital Town Hemel Hempstead Salary £27,106 - £28,850 pa inc HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 20/09/2026 23:59

Job overview

We have a great opportunity for a motivated and organised individual to join our Procurement and Supply Chain Department as a Supply Chain Controller.

This position involves using various IT systems, utilising both desktop and handheld devices, and covers a wide range of duties that require accuracy and efficiency. These include receiving goods, stock rotation and replenishment, cycle counting, internal distribution, and supporting the migration to a full Inventory Management System within the organisation.

We are looking for someone with good communication and organisational skills, who can work to competing deadlines while maintaining accuracy and professionalism.

Previous experience in a stock control or supply chain environment is desirable, as is knowledge of goods and services used within the NHS.

Please note this job is based at Hemel.

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Main duties of the job

To order and stow stock at ward/department level, using bar code systems where materials management and theatres solutions have been established for agreed stocked product lines.

Top-up of wards and clinical areas to be carried out in accordance with pre-determined schedule.

Timely receipt of orders placed forward top-up on Trust Inventory system.

To replenish, receipt, issue and stow stock using Genesis system.

Stock to be rotated by expiry date when topping-up storage locations, ensuring stock with shortest life is in position to be used first.

To process requisitions on the computer system in accordance with an agreed input timetable, with delegated responsibility for authorising orders for wards and departments.

To ensure any returns to suppliers are processed efficiently, with the correct paperwork, and a credit is raised by the supplier

To maintain professional and effective relationships with all key stakeholders

To work collaboratively with other Supply Chain Controllers to adopt standardised best practice initiatives across all areas and in line with Supply Chain Manager’s instructions.

Working for our organisation

With a new hospital planned for Watford, work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital and plans for a neighbourhood healthcare centre in Hemel Hempstead, this is an exciting time to join us

We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.

Staff wellbeing and development are a priority, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.

Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To deal with queries in a professional and efficient manner, treating customers as you would wish to be treated and promoting a “get it right first time” ethos.

To organise and prioritise workloads which have competing deadlines, whilst managing these conflicting demands efficiently.

Person specification

Education and qualifications:

• Demonstrable experience of stores management or CIPS qualifications or courses attended.
• Good standard of General Education.
• Good IT and keyboard skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of the NHS.
• An understanding of Trusts Standing Financial Instructions and Procurement procedures.
• Ability to travel between sites.
• To be willing to work towards CILT qualification.

Knowledge:

• A working knowledge of basic office and business practices.
• Knowledge of basic Supply Chain management.
• Demonstrable experience of working in a stock control environment.
• Knowledge of goods & services used within NHS.

Experience:

• Previous demonstrable experience of customer service.
• Demonstrable experience of using Microsoft office software such as Excel and Word.

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute healthcare services to a core catchment population of approximately half a million people living in west Hertfordshire and the surrounding area. The Trust also provides a range of more specialist services to a wider population, serving residents of North London, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and East Hertfordshire.

As an employer of nearly 6,000 people the Trust is one of the biggest employers in the area and sees nearly a million patients each year.

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Address Watford General Hospital
Vicarage Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD18 0HB
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