Receipt & Distribution Operative

Transformation Unit; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Flexible shifts

Job summary

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Reception & Distribution Operative (Band 2) to join the Procurement service. The role involves receiving stock, delivering to non-clinical areas, and ensuring accurate stock rotation to support safe patient care.

You will work as part of a team within a busy NHS environment, handling goods, using barcode systems, and maintaining strict storage and safety procedures. NHS Pension is available.

Qualifications

• Experience handling stock in a healthcare or retail environment.
• Ability to follow procedures for goods receiving and storage.
• Attention to detail in checking deliveries against orders.

Responsibilities

• Receive stock, deliver and unpack supplies for non-clinical areas.
• Unpack and replenish stores across wards and departments with rotation.
• Check deliveries against requisition/receipt numbers and resolve discrepancies.
• Transport supplies securely to different locations across the Trust.
• Maintain secure storage and follow health and safety rules.
• Carry out duties as requested by line manager.
• Participate in development of service policies and procedures.

Skills

Stock handling

Attention to detail

Communication

Teamwork

Manual handling

Tools

Handheld scanners

Datascope system

Barcode systems

Job description

Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Queen Elizabeth Woolwich Town London Salary £30,142 per annum inc HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 08/11/2026 23:59

Receipt & Distribution Operative

NHS AfC: Band 2

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long‑term conditions.

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world‑leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world‑renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world‑leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 2 receipt and distribution Operative within the Procurement service. We are seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic and innovative individual with excellent communication skills and the ability to build relationships across a multi‑professional team and be able to adapt to an evolving service in order to ensure the continuous delivery of high quality patient care.

Main duties of the job

To receive stock, deliver and unpack supplies received for non clinical areas. To follow the supplies transfer of goods process for sign off at all times.

To receive stock, unpack and replenish stores or store room in relevant wards and clinical departments whilst ensuring that stock rotation is carried out continuously.

To ensure that deliveries are correct against the requisition/ Order/ receipt number, including unit of issue, investigate discrepancies and resolve queries. Arrange uplifts request credit where necessary for the relevant department.

To work as part of a team in the supplies storage area/s, keeping and storing all supplies securely in line with individual safe storage requirements. To identify any supplies items that requires specialist storage, e.g. refrigeration, to the site Deputy Procurement Supply Chain Manager.

To carry out any reasonable duties as requested by your line manager.

Working for our organisation

Be part of an inclusive department, that is ambitious, caring and offers a healthy work‑life balance. Organisation, that offers great annual leave, access to individual development opportunities and mentorship for career progression.

Access to a great salary and an NHS Pension.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To be fully conversant with the Procurement Department’s Supply Chain programme and procedures.
• To receive stock, unpack and replenish stores or store room in relevant wards and clinical departments whilst ensuring that stock rotation is carried out continuously.
• To ensure that deliveries are correct against the requisition/ Order/ receipt number, including unit of issue, investigate discrepancies and resolve queries. Arrange uplifts request credit where necessary for the relevant department.
• To receive stock, deliver and unpack supplies received for non clinical areas. To follow the supplies transfer of goods process for sign off at all times.
• To transport supplies securely to different locations across the Trust. Ensuring that all heavy and large supplies are transported safely.
• To work as part of a team in the supplies storage area/s, keeping and storing all supplies securely in line with individual safe storage requirements. To identify any supplies items that requires specialist storage, e.g. refrigeration, to the site Deputy Procurement Supply Responsible for the security of goods in transit ensuring at all times that supplies are correctly signed for during the delivery process.
• Responsible for the safe and secure return of all undelivered/ returned supplies to the correct storage area.
• To report any supply discrepancies / damage to the service Help Desk and the on site manager as soon as issue is identified.
• To work in partnership with wards/ departments to identify and agree delivery times for supplies. To agree suitable times for the delivery large and heavy stock items, e.g. furniture and clinical equipment.
• Responsible for ensuring at all times that the relevant health and safety/ and manual handling rules that apply when moving heavy supply items within the Trust
• To participate/ comment on the development of all service policies and procedures relevant to the role.
• To carry out any reasonable duties as requested by your line manager.
• The post holder is required to follow Trust policies and procedures which are regularly updated.

Person specification

• Receiving deliveries and checking goods against delivery notes
• Sorting, storing, and distributing stock correctly
• Using handheld scanners, barcode systems, Datascope system
• Previous experience in a stores, warehouse, logistics, or distribution environment
• Experience within the NHS or healthcare sector
• Experience handling medical supplies or controlled items

Knowledge

• Knowledge of goods receiving and distribution procedures
• Understanding of quality standards and reporting discrepancies, damages, or shortages
• Knowledge of customer service principles
• Understanding of barcode scanning and electronic stock tracking systems
• Knowledge of warehouse or logistics operations
• Awareness of COSHH

Skills

• Ability to receive, check, and distribute goods accurately
• Good attention to detail and accuracy when handling stock and records
• Ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlinesAbility to undertake manual handling activities safely
• Pump truck or pallet truck operation skills
• Experience in a warehouse, logistics, stores, or healthcare supplies environment
• Experience handling sensitive, specialist, or medical supplies

Guy’s and St Thomas’celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personalcircumstances as well 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.

Due to recent changes inthe UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further informationabout eligibilityis available on the UK Government website.

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.