Materials Management Operative

NHS; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the NHS as a Materials Management Operative in a role that is pivotal for supporting frontline healthcare. You'll manage stock, ensure timely orders, and help optimize the supply chain across hospital sites, contributing to exceptional patient care.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of purchasing and inventory management systems essential.
• Willing to work flexible hours when required.
• Previous experience in a materials management role is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Visit wards for stock-taking using barcoding systems.
• Ensure accurate ordering of stock items.
• Assist with annual stock takes.

Skills

Customer service

Stock control

Office procedures

Inventory management

Education

G.C.S.E. level or equivalent

Job description

Job summary

We are currently seeking an enthusiastic and dedicatedMaterials Management Operativeto join our dynamicProcurement teamat Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

If you arehardworking,positive,friendly, andapproachable, and you take pride in delivering a high standard of service that supports patient care, we'd love to hear from you.

Reporting to theSupply Chain Manager, you will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth and efficient supply of consumable items across our hospital sites. You'll be expected to work to tight deadlines, follow strict procedures, and demonstrate initiative and teamwork.

Key Responsibilities:

• Visit designated wards and departments weekly to take stock using barcoding systems and PDAs.
• Ensure timely and accurate ordering of stock items in line with agreed levels.
• Unpack, check, rotate, and store stock appropriately.
• Support annual year-end stock takes.
• Assist with standardisation and rationalisation initiatives.

If you're ready to make a difference and be part of a team that supports frontline care,apply now and help us deliver excellence in healthcare logistics.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Details Date posted

05 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-CEN-7210722

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL

Job description Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Job description Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification Contractual Requirements Essential

• Willing to work flexible hours when required
• Full driving licence

Desirable

• Willing to undertake further training and qualifications as required in the post

Knowledge Essential

• Knowledge of purchasing and associated procedures within a large, complex organisation
• Understanding of stock control procedures or inventory management systems
• Knowledge relating to the safe receipt and custody of goods, together with an understanding of the importance of goods receipting procedures
• Understanding and use of Word and Excel packages and other computerised purchasing systems
• Knowledge relating to general office procedures

Desirable

• An awareness of the laws relating to Health and Safety at Work

Qualifications Essential

• Educated to G.C.S.E. level or equivalent

Desirable

• ECDL

Further Training Desirable

• Training undertaken in Manual Handling, and Health and Safety at Work

Experience Essential

• Experience within a materials management or goods receipt and distribution function within a complex environment or large organisation
• Stock control and stock rotation procedures
• Experience of general office duties, i.e. filing, dealing with mail
• Customer service experience

Desirable

• Previous NHS experience
• Previous experience of computerised purchasing and materials management systems
• Use of e-mail and the Internet

Person Specification Contractual Requirements Essential

• Willing to work flexible hours when required
• Full driving licence

Desirable

• Willing to undertake further training and qualifications as required in the post

Knowledge Essential

• Knowledge of purchasing and associated procedures within a large, complex organisation
• Understanding of stock control procedures or inventory management systems
• Knowledge relating to the safe receipt and custody of goods, together with an understanding of the importance of goods receipting procedures
• Understanding and use of Word and Excel packages and other computerised purchasing systems
• Knowledge relating to general office procedures

Desirable

• An awareness of the laws relating to Health and Safety at Work

Qualifications Essential

• Educated to G.C.S.E. level or equivalent

Desirable

• ECDL

Further Training Desirable

• Training undertaken in Manual Handling, and Health and Safety at Work

Experience Essential

• Experience within a materials management or goods receipt and distribution function within a complex environment or large organisation
• Stock control and stock rotation procedures
• Experience of general office duties, i.e. filing, dealing with mail
• Customer service experience

Desirable

• Previous NHS experience
• Previous experience of computerised purchasing and materials management systems
• Use of e-mail and the Internet

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.

Employer details Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL

Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL

Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)