Health Courier Services Store Keeper/Driver

NHS; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health service in Cardiff is seeking a Health Courier Services Driver/Storekeeper to manage stock and transport medical supplies across NHS Wales. The role involves handling medical consumables and ensuring secure transport of sensitive items. Ideal candidates will have a full driving license and customer service skills. Bilingual abilities in Welsh are an asset. Competitive benefits and recognition opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Comprehensive benefits package

Annual Staff Recognition Award ceremony

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for stock items in stores centres.
• Ensure safe and secure transport of NHS Pathology and Blood Products.
• Distribute and replenish medical consumables across NHS Wales.

Skills

Dealing with customers

Use of Mobile Technology

Welsh speaker

Education

Full Driving Licence

Moving and Handling and Awareness of Health and Safety

Sound geographical knowledge of area served

Driving a range of vans

Basic knowledge of Vehicle Maintenance

Job description

Health Courier Services Store Keeper/Driver

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership provides Clinical Logistics Transport Services across all Health Boards in Wales via itsHealthCourier Serviceand is seeking Driver/Storekeeper staff to join this service based in the Cardiff area, serving South Wales.

On average, the service sorts (via its own mail sorting hubs), delivers and collects over 120,000 items of mail/medical notes per week, and transports in excess of 5 million movements of samples of Blood Products and Pathology in accordance with Accord Dangereux Routier, Good Manufacturing Practice & legislative requirements per year. Our core services operates between 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday. However, we do operate a small range of services 24 hours a day.

Main duties of the job

As a Health Courier Service Driver/Storekeeper you will be responsible for stock items in stores centres and also for the safe and secure transport, distribution and replenishment of NHS Pathology, Blood/Blood Products, Secure and Non-Secure Stationery, Laundry, Mail/Records and Stock items such as medical consumables (e.g. needles/syringes/containers) that are distributed to primary health care sites; (Hospitals, GP practices, pharmacies, opticians, dental surgeries) across NHS Wales.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we have high standards and expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening & Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility & Innovating, whilst ensuring trust, honesty and compassion are implicit in everything that we do.

We are adaptable, agile and flexible and pride ourselves on being a learning organisation - one where it is safe to make mistakes, where blame is replaced by opportunity, learning and improvement. Innovation is built into everything that we do.

We recognise our people regularly and have an Appreciation Station, to encourage staff to applaud exemplary behaviour in one another, alongside an Annual Staff Recognition Award ceremony aligned to our values.

We respect and value our people and strive for a culture of compassion and inclusivity. We are a bilingual organisation, and we have a team of Change Champions who advocate 'This is Our NWSSP' our principal change programme. Similarly, PROUD is our new staff network welcoming LGBT+ colleagues and allies to come together in a safe space for discussions, event planning and the opportunity to build supportive networks.

We have a comprehensive benefits package where there is something for everyone, supporting health, engagement and wellbeing and includes an Employee Assistance Programme.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full Driving Licence
• Moving and Handling and Awareness of Health and Safety
• Sound geographical knowledge of area served
• Driving a range of vans
• Basic knowledge of Vehicle Maintenance

Knowledge and Skills Criteria

• Dealing with customers
• Use of Mobile Technology
• Welsh speaker

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.