Goods Receiving and Distribution Officer

Whittington Health; City Of London; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in London is seeking a Goods Receiving and Distribution Officer to manage the receipt and delivery of goods across multiple hospital sites. The ideal candidate will have good physical fitness for lifting and carrying tasks and strong communication skills for engaging with staff at all levels. This role plays a key part in maintaining effective inventory control.

Qualifications

• Ability to lift, carry, and bend as required by the role.
• Experience in a similar role is beneficial.
• Strong communication skills for interacting with staff.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the correct receipt of goods.
• Organize delivery of goods to user departments.
• Support in inventory control and stock management.

Skills

Physical fitness

Inventory management

Communication skills

Job description

We have an excellent reputation for being innovative, responsive and flexible to the changing clinical needs of the local population. We are treating more patients than ever before and are dedicated to improving services to deliver the best for our patients.

Goods Receiving and Distribution Officer (Supplies)

This role will be based at the Moorfields Eye Hospital Site.

To offer support in the receipt and delivery, to undertake deliveries throughout the hospital site, this role involves lifting, carrying, bending and is a physical role; interaction with staff of all levels is required.

Responsible for the correct receipt of goods into the site and organizing their delivery to user departments. This service is provided to all NHS Trusts on all sites.

Undertake goods receipting, organize goods for distribution by facilities management portering staff, undertake distribution where required and provide support to the Ward Inventory Control service with the checking and putting away of goods at ward level where required. Also picking.

Internal requisitions from a bulk store, using inventory systems and issuing stock. Each of the Goods Receipt & Distribution Officer staff will have a nominated base but are required to work on other PPS sites these include Moorfields, Royal Free, Barnet, Chase farm and the Whittington Hospital, depending on the needs of the service.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Carl Williams Job title: Logistics Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0207 566 2465