Stores Porter

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development

Job summary

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a delivery driver to join the Procurement and Supplies team. The role involves driving the Trust vehicle, loading/unloading, and delivering goods across hospital sites to wards and departments.

You will liaise with Stores and Materials Management, obtain signatures for orders, and assist with queries while maintaining safety and traceability. Travel between sites may be required and training will be provided.

Qualifications

• Full clean driving licence is required.
• Ability to work as part of a team and communicate with stakeholders.
• Customer-focused approach to deliveries and service.

Responsibilities

• Deliver goods as required across the hospital network.
• Load/unload and drive the Trust vehicle.
• Liaise with Stores, Materials Management Teams and stakeholders to ensure deliveries.
• Obtain signatures for orders to ensure traceability.
• Collect items requiring return to suppliers or to go for auction.
• Respond to queries and enquiries in a timely and courteous manner.
• Travel between hospital sites may be required and operate stores equipment as trained.

Skills

Full clean driving licence

Team player

Customer service

Tools

Fork lift

Job description

The procurement and supplies team are looking to expand their delivery service throughout the hospital and are therefore looking for an enthusiastic, reliable, team player to join the department. This role entails driving the department vehicle and making deliveries through the hospital as required. You will work closely with the stores and procurement teams and internal stakeholders to ensure timely delivery of goods. This includes loading and unloading of the department vehicle and delivering on foot to wards and departments. You will need a full clean driving licence for this post. To deliver goods across the Trust to ward level To obtain signatures for orders to ensure traceability of goods. To load/unload and drive the Trust vehicle across the site(s) as necessary To assist with queries from Stakeholders over orders and deliveries To liaise with Stores and Materials Management Teams to ensure service delivery across all lines Operate any other stores handling equipment within agree operational procedures Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available. Our values We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences. Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarise yourself with all requirements of the job Liaison with customers regarding deliveries.

• Deliver goods as required, in the process complying with health and safety at work regulations
• To assist the team in providing an efficient, and customer focussed goods receipt despatch service to the Trust.
• To ensure all orders delivered are signed for by the appropriate member of staff using the agreed documentation.
• Collect items requiring return to suppliers or to go for auction.
• Respond to any queries and enquiries in a timely and courteous manner.
• Load/unload vehicles in a safe manner. Operate any other stores handling equipment within agree operational procedures.
• Attend compulsory Trust Training when required (Fire, Manual Handling)
• Have a flexible attitude to working hours to meet the needs of the Trust.
• Assist the team in ensuring that the Stores Vehicle and Fork Lift (where trained and qualified to do so) are used in accordance with manufacturers recommendations and or operational procedures and that they are operated in accordance with agreed procedures.
• To access emails and Trust software systems as required.
• To carry out any duties as may be required by the team, as may be reasonably expected within the scope of the post.