Materials Management Assistant | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust in Blackburn is seeking a Materials Management Assistant to enhance healthcare logistics. This role involves daily inventory management, ensuring stock levels are maintained, and supporting the Supply Chain Supervisor. Ideal for candidates with strong organizational skills and a background in customer service, this position offers numerous benefits including NHS pension and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

NHS pension scheme

Car leasing options

Generous annual leave

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience with inventory management processes.
• Ability to maintain data accuracy.
• Competence in customer support.

Responsibilities

• Provide inventory replenishment service.
• Maintain systems data accuracy.
• Offer help-desk support to staff.

Skills

Inventory management

Customer service

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Are you ready to lead the charge in ensuring seamless operations within East Lancashire NHS Trust? We are seeking a Materials Management Assistant to join our professional and customer focused Logistics and Supply Chain team. From managing inventory to optimising supply routes, this role is at the forefront of healthcare logistics, making a tangible impact on patient care.

The post holder will assist in the daily Materials Management service for dedicated areas within the Trust.

Reporting to the Supply Chain Supervisor, the post holder will be responsible for providing a range of professional supply chain and logistics services for the Theatre/Ward teams at East Lancashire Hospital Trust.

This position covers a variety of tasks requiring initiative and independent judgment. The objective is to ensure a timely and effective top‑up of stock and non‑stock items, replenishing stock to agreed levels, checking receipt deliveries, and putting away goods. Most of the working day will be spent at theatre/departmental level.

The role will also help provide a professional procurement and logistics service in association with other staff, and assist Trust Management in meeting the corporate objectives of the Trust.

Schedule & Working Hours

The job is for 37.5 hours a week, comprised of 7.5‑hour daily shifts between 08:00 – 16:00 Monday to Friday. The post will also require coverage of other shifts: 06:00 – 22:00 weekdays, 08:00 – 16:00 weekends, and nights 20:15 – 06:15 on a four‑weekly rota basis, as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing an inventory replenishment service (inventory management order and top‑up)
• Maintaining systems data accuracy (Microsoft Excel, auditing, standardisation)
• Providing help‑desk support (customer service and systems understanding)

Materials Management Assistants will play a leading role as the Trust has undergone a major transformation, with the introduction of a new and exciting Scan for Safety (S4S) enabled dynamic inventory management system. This new system provides improved service characteristics that will benefit the Trust and promote enhanced patient safety features.

One Lancashire and South Cumbria (One LSC) Collaboration

• Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• East Lancashire NHS Trust
• Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation
• Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

The vision is to deliver an excellent procurement, logistics and supplies service which focuses on continuous improvement, delivers value for the Trusts in terms of savings and efficiencies and improves outcomes for patients.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work on ground breaking technology that reshape inventory management systems in the NHS.
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment that encourages innovation and creativity.
• Numerous non‑pay benefits including NHS pension scheme, car leasing and generous annual leave entitlement.
• Professional growth and development opportunities through training programmes and workshops.

Deadline

This advert closes on Tuesday, 25 November 2025.