Receipt & Distribution Assistant (XN02)

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Leeds is seeking a Receipt & Distribution Assistant. You will coordinate the receipt and distribution of medical supplies, ensuring accuracy and compliance with health and safety guidelines. The role offers opportunities for career progression and requires teamwork and effective communication skills. Full-time (37.5 hrs/week) position with benefits including 27 days holiday and a pension scheme.

Benefits

27 days holiday

Pension scheme

Staff discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in a warehouse/Stores/Goods bay environment.
• Ability to work in an ordered fashion to time restraints.
• Experience in a customer-facing role.

Responsibilities

• Safely receive goods and check against purchase orders.
• Ensure timely distribution of goods to departments.
• Maintain a safe and tidy environment in the Store.

Skills

Hardworking

Trustworthy

Team player

Can work well under pressure

Flexible

Education

GCSE's or equivalent

Job description

Come& join the NHS-make a difference! Benefits include 27 days Holiday + BankHolidays, Mon-Fri working week. Excellent pension scheme. Staff Discounts. Itall begins with the Receipt & Distribution Assistant. You are the firstcontact point of our department, you begin the process of the end user (thePatient) receiving the medical support they need, by co-ordinating the timelyreceipt, organisation and re-distribution of medical supplies. Working incollaboration with couriers and delivery drivers, the Warehouse Supervisor andManager and our Materials Management teams across the Trust, this can be avaried role with countless possibilities to grow your knowledge and skills.Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest NHS trusts within the UK and withinthe Supplies & Procurement department, we are proud to be constantlystriving for new innovations around sustainability and waste reduction. Youwill see first-hand how we go about this. There are regular opportunities forcareer progression and this is fully supported by all levels of management.This role is based at our Receipt & Distribution facility, at St JamesHospital site. We are looking for one full time (37.5 Hrs/week) Mon-Fri

Expected ShortlistingDate

17/10/2025

Planned InterviewDate

27/10/2025

Main duties of the job

Underthe direction of the Warehouse Supervisor, you'll be responsible for the safereceipt of goods into designated stores. Receipting, Goods in, dealing withdeliveries. You'll be ensuring that goods are accurately checked againstpurchase orders and ensures timely and accurate computerised goods receptingis undertaken. Distribute goods to the relevant departments using the correctlifting and handling equipment to ensure all Health and Safety guidelines aremet. Ensure that all goods received by customers have the necessary paperworkand signature of receipt thus providing trace-ability and to satisfy Auditrequirements. You'll assist in ensuring that the Stores is a safe and tidyenvironment and that all security procedures are adhered to and provide frontend contact with customers and be the link between receipt within the storesand the distribution of goods. This role will involve a moderate amount oftime spent working outside or in an open environment.

About us

TheSupplies and Procurement department is made up of approximately 140 staff andthe various teams are based throughout the Trust. (St James UniversityHospital, Leeds General Infirmary, Chapel Allerton, Seacroft and WharfedaleHospital). The department as a whole consists of the contracting sections forboth Clinical and Non-Clinical, e- Procurement, Materials Management (SupplyChain), Scan4Safety and ICT Procurement. You will be based at Dolly Lane,SJUH but you will travel across sites when required. At every step of theprocess, our priority is always our end user (the Patient) although this jobcan be physically challenging, it offers a great sense of job-satisfactionand our team members are proud to work for Leeds Teaching Hospitals. This isan inclusive and social working environment, so good people skills are amust. You will be shown all areas of Procurement & Supplies, this couldbe the beginning of an exciting new career!

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

Pleasesee the attached Job Description. This is a warehousing and goods infacility - please expect some manual work.

Person Specification

Experience

• Working in a warehouse/Stores/Goods bay environment
• Working in an ordered fashion, to time restraints
• Warehousing/driving Working in a customer facing environment
• Dealing with queries/answering the telephone in a polite manner

Additional Requirements

• Ability to pass all OH requirements
• Good level of physical health

Qualifications

• GCSE's or equivalent

Skills & behaviours

• Hardworking
• Trustworthy
• Teamplayer
• Can work well under pressure
• Flexible

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.