Scan 4 Safety Assistant (Trafford General Hospital) | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS health trust in Manchester is seeking a motivated individual to join its Scan4Safety team. The role involves managing ordering activities, maintaining stock levels, and ensuring excellent customer service across multiple sites. Ideal candidates should possess strong communication skills, a keen attention to detail, and a willingness to learn in the healthcare procurement sector.

Qualifications

• Keen to learn about Scan 4 Safety and Procurement in the healthcare sector.
• Ability to methodically deal with information and translate that into excellent customer service.
• Demonstrable ability to work across multiple sites and manage competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Undertake day to day ordering activity on behalf of the customer.
• Carry out quarterly reviews with appropriate ward/departmental leads.
• Maintain regular customer contact to ensure stock levels are reviewed.
• Assist in value for money studies to contribute to savings targets.
• Receive, check and put away all deliveries.
• Process and monitor discrepancies ensuring appropriate action.
• Ensure continuity of supplies in a cost-effective way.

Skills

Customer service

Numeracy

Strong communication

Attention to detail

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the right candidate to join a rapidly changing and expanding Scan4Safety team at our forward thinking NHS Trust. This is a progressive role within a dynamic Scan4Safety team. Successful candidates will be appointed at Band 3 with a clear pathway to Band 4 upon meeting defined performance and development criteria.

We are a leading integrated health, teaching, research and innovation campus in the thriving city region of Manchester. We offer a unique range of services to the North West, treating and managing the simplest to the most complex conditions and diseases. Indeed, we treat more than a million patients every year and we are home to hundreds of world-class staff, each committed to being the very best at what we do.

This is a multi site service with locations at Trafford, Oxford Road, Wythenshawe & North Manchester.

We are looking for an individual who is keen to learn about Scan 4 Safety and Procurement in the healthcare sector; someone who is able to methodically deal with information and data and translate that into fantastic customer service. You will need to be strong willed, numerate and a great communicator with a close eye for detail.

Responsibilities

• Undertake day to day ordering activity on behalf of the customer, in line with agreed protocols.
• Carry out quarterly reviews with appropriate ward/departmental leads, using system information to illustrate spending patterns, identify and agree all products and stock levels with the customer, monitor usage and activity patterns and place timely and accurate orders to maintain agreed levels.
• Maintain regular customer contact to ensure stock levels and the range of products held are reviewed and updated in agreement with the customer.
• Assist in value for money studies to contribute to savings set targets and regularly report spend/saving activity.
• Receive, check and put away all deliveries; ensure items are rotated, stored in the correct location and the store areas are kept tidy.
• Process and monitor discrepancies ensuring that returns and credits are processed appropriately.
• Ensure continuity of supplies and meet customer requirements in the most cost effective way possible.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Keen to learn about Scan 4 Safety and Procurement in the healthcare sector.
• Ability to methodically deal with information and data and translate that into excellent customer service.
• Strong will, numeracy and clear communication with close attention to detail.
• Demonstrable ability to work across multiple sites and manage competing priorities.

About the Organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Supporting Documents and Guidance

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. For an informed decision to apply, read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. It also contains critical information you’ll need before you submit an application.

Diversity and Inclusion

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

This advert closes on Thursday 18 Sep 2025