Logistics Operative

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Nottingham is seeking a motivated individual to assist healthcare professionals and maintain high service standards. The role involves ensuring cleanliness in hospital areas, responding to equipment requests, and supporting logistics in a busy healthcare environment. An ideal candidate will display a caring attitude and contribute to safe patient care. This position offers opportunities for career progression within a large, diverse, and dedicated team committed to providing excellent healthcare services.

Benefits

Personal development opportunities

Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of Health & Safety for incident reporting.
• Ability to maintain cleanliness and safety in hospital environments.
• Caring and friendly demeanor in all interactions.

Responsibilities

• Support Healthcare Professionals and logistics team.
• Ensure cleanliness and safety in hospital entrances.
• Respond to out-of-hours medical equipment requests.
• Clear corridors and departments of waste materials.

Job description

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., Responsible for ensuring all the hospitals entrances are kept clean and free from debris, including the removal of all types of waste materials i.e., cardboard, glass, clinical and confidential waste, and sharps.

Respond to all out of hour's requests from Medical Equipment Library for the delivery and collection of all medical equipment.

A basic knowledge of Health & Safety is required in order to correctly complete incident forms and report any untoward incidents to Team Leaders.

Clear all corridors, wards and departments of empty cardboard boxes, glass, sharps, clinical, domestic and food waste, and place in the designated containers.

With over 20,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Our organisation is driven by our strategic objectives and organisational values and we look for people who are strongly aligned with them. Our Team is tight knit and work well together. This vacancy would suit an individual who wishes to progress their career into management and working for a Team that provides an excellent patient focused service and support on an on‑going basis.