Logistics Operative

NHS; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Logistics Assistant to support healthcare professionals by ensuring the efficient movement of goods and services. You will play a vital role in maintaining high service delivery standards and handling medical equipment safely. Candidates should have a strong understanding of logistics services in healthcare, experience with electric vehicles, and a commitment to patient safety. Join our diverse team and explore career development opportunities in a reputable NHS Trust.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Knowledge and understanding of a range of working practices and procedures providing a Logistic Service.
• Significant experience in a healthcare setting.
• Experience with health and safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and assistance to healthcare professionals.
• Maintain high standards of service delivery.
• Ensure the electric vehicles are operational and meet daily demands.

Skills

Knowledge of hospital layout

Manual handling

Safe use of electric vehicles

Education

Good basic level of secondary education

Tools

Electric vehicles

Job description

The closing date is 29 December 2025

The post holder will provide support and assistance to Healthcare Professionals within all areas of the Trust. The role will work under the direction of the Logistics Team Leader and is 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 also be responsible for ensuring the electric vehicle meets the daily demands of this service.

To adopt a caring and friendly manner at all times.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

• Responsible for ensuring all the hospital 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 them in the designated containers.

Job responsibilities

Main duties are as above as well as the following:

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.
• Demonstrate 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

• Undertake 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 care in relation to equipment.
• Demonstrate own duties to new or less experienced employees.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

• Good basic level of secondary education.
• 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.
• Significant experience in relation to working in a health care setting.

Experience

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

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.

About us

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.

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts