Logistics Operative

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust; Smethwick; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust in Smethwick is seeking a Logistics Operative to support safe and efficient movements of goods across hospital sites. You will deliver and collect items daily, work to a defined schedule and may handle waste, linen and non-patient-facing materials as part of a team.

The role is a full-time, permanent position based at SMUH/MMUH in Smethwick, with weekend availability required.

Qualifications

• Dealing staff in a helpful and appropriate manner.
• Experience of working effectively as part of a busy team.
• Experience in Multi Drop is an advantage.
• Automated Goods Vehicle operations.
• Previous experience in a stores / warehouse environment.
• Banksman Training is desirable.
• Holds a valid driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring all products are checked and signed for.
• Loading, moving and collecting cages on a daily basis.
• Checking the quality of items and rejecting substandard items.
• Collection and removal of waste streams from designated waste points.
• Complete a full Trust-led training programme to move, handle, store and dispose of items safely.

Skills

Teamwork

Multi drop

Warehousing

Goods movement

Tools

MHE licence

Driving licence

Job description

Main area Logistics Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Must be available to work weekends.) Job ref 381-CO-8231828-A

Site SWB NHS Trust-MMUH Town Smethwick Salary £25,272 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/10/2026 23:59

Here at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust we’re committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities whilst employing people to our organisation who meet our Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. With the opening of our new hospital, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, it’s the coming together of expertise from every corner of our organisation and a show of our commitment to provide better healthcare and create more jobs and so much more. We at the Trust actively encourage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled applicants, as well as members of the armed forces community and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.

Job overview

The role of the Logistics Operative is to ensure safe and effective movements of goods to support the needs of the Trust.

Products will need to be delivered and collected in a timely fashion in accordance with a daily schedule. Goods are to be handled in a safe and efficient method to preserve quality and support safe collection and delivery.

The Logistics Operative post is a role that will ensure the safe and efficient movement of various materials and waste throughout the Trust. The Logistics Team is being established to ensure that no team works in isolation, and the Logistics Operative, therefore, may be required to move goods/products, linen, waste, post, sterile equipment and other non-patient-facing materials on a daily basis, working to a defined schedule.

Main duties of the job

Products will be delivered to the Trust’s hospital sites from a number of suppliers and delivery agents, including NHS Supply Chain. The main duties of the Logistics Operative will include:

• Ensuring all products are checked and signed for.
• Loading, moving and collecting cages (both full and empty) on a daily basis.
• Checking the quality of items and rejecting items that are substandard.
• Collection and removal of waste streams from designated waste points across the sites
• To complete a full Trust-led training programme to ensure all products and waste can be moved, handled, stored and disposed of safely and effectively.

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails

Experience

• Dealing staff in a helpful and appropriate manner
• Experience of working effectively as a part of busy team
• Experience in Multi Drop an advantage
• Automated Goods Vehicle operations
• Previous experience in a stores / warehouse environment

Qualifications

• Basic Mathematics and English qualification or experience of using Mathematics and English in a customer focused environment.
• Banksman Training
• MHE licence
• Holds a valid driving license.

The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond.

Better protect elective / planned care service delivery across the system by organising on a 'hot and cold' arrangement.

Consider the optimal use of resources through consolidation and specialisation, and.

Seek to reduce unwarranted variance, level up / standardise care through a 'Networked Service Solution' approach across the four sites.

Against this context, although this post is hosted by Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly acrossthefour partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.

As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department by joining our Green Impact programme.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.