Logistics Operative

NHS; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK healthcare provider is seeking a Logistics Support role to assist healthcare professionals in ensuring the safe and efficient movement of goods and services. The candidate will collect and deliver linen, assist in the delivery of pharmaceuticals and medical gases, and maintain electric vehicles. Essential qualifications include a secondary education level and experience in safe use of electric vehicles. This position is critical in upholding high service standards within the Trust.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and understanding of logistics services and manual handling procedures.
• Experience in a health care setting is an advantage.
• Demonstrates duties to new or less experienced employees.

Responsibilities

• Collect and deliver soiled and clean linen across wards.
• Assist with delivery of medical gases and controlled drugs.
• Maintain electric vehicles and report defects.

Skills

Knowledge of hospital layout

Safe use of electric vehicles

Good communication

Education

Good basic level of secondary education

Job description

Job summary

The post holder will provide support and assistance to Healthcare Professionals within all areas of the Trust. The role will be to work under the direction of the Logistics Team Leader and are primarily concerned with the movement of goods and services in the most efficient and effective way, using the correct lifting and handling equipment.

The post holder will be responsible for providing a high quality service from designated destinations as directed, maintaining high standards of service delivery and ensuring the safety and well-being of patients, staff and visitors at all times. They will be responsible for ensuring the electric vehicle meets the daily demands of this service.

To adopt a caring and friendly manner at all times.

Logistics Duties

• Collect soiled linen from all wards and departments and deliver to the designated storage areas for later collection by Transport.
• Collect clean linen from the designated storage areas and deliver to all wards and departments including the emergency adhoc linen requests. Put all items in the linen cupboards in a neat and tidy manner.
• Undertake specific site cleaning both internally and externally as directed by the Team Leaders, wearing appropriate protective equipment where necessary.
• Assist with the delivery of medical gases to the Trust and provide a delivery service following requests from wards and departments.
• Distribute pharmaceuticals including the safe transportation and delivery to wards and departments of controlled drugs.
• Assist other staff with their duties such as furniture removal etc.
• Safe use of equipment used personally; appropriate use of expensive/highly complex equipment e.g. electric vehicles.
• To maintain electric vehicles and equipment to defined standards at all times, reporting any defects to the Team Leaders. This will include ensuring that all vehicles are in operational readiness, carry out safety checks including re-charging and topping up of batteries as required.
• Radios are to be collected from the Co-ordinators office at the start of every shift, ensuring they are switched on and fully charged.
• To adopt a flexible approach in response to operational needs regarding duties and hours of work.
• Assist Patient Escort with patient movement as and when required.
• Demonstrates own activities to new or less experienced employees supports induction on new starters.
• Undertake any other duties that may reasonably be required as appropriate to the Grade.

Communication

• Liaise with clinical staff where appropriate as to the requirements/needs of the department.
• Report and relay to appropriate personnel information regarding queries/problems.
• Ensure that the communication equipment is fit for daily use, test batteries each day and report any fault to the Team Leader.

Other

• Undertakes surveys or audits, as necessary to own work.
• Follow departmental policies, comment on proposals for changes in working practices.
• Use equipment safely and take a duty of personal of care in relation to equipment.
• Demonstrates own duties to new or less experienced employees.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

• Essential — Good basic level of secondary education
• Essential — Knowledge and understanding of a range of working practices and procedures providing a Logistic Service e.g. knowledge of hospital layout, equipment requirements, manual handling; gained through training and induction.
• Desirable — Significant experience in relation to working in a health care setting.

Experience

• Essential — Experience in the safe use of electric vehicles i.e., hand held tugs and sit-on electric vehicles

Disclosure

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.

Employer details

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address: QMC, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH

Employer's website: https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)