Logistics Service Assistant

1 week ago


Burnley, Lancashire, United Kingdom East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Full time
Logistics Services Assistant

Site - Burnley General Hospital

Grade - Band 2

Hours - 37.5

Salary - £22,283

Current vacant hours - Relief line working a variety of shifts 24/7 and will include weekends, nights and bank holidays


We are seeking an enthusiastic individual who is capable of moving and handling goods of varying sizes, shapes and weights and who is also capable of walking quite a few miles in a day, every day to join our busy team who work across 24/7.


The purpose of our team is to actively support all Logistical aspects of our busy Acute Teaching Hospitals and of supporting our NHS colleagues out in the community.


We are a very busy department providing logístical movements of goods, including postal service on site, across sites and around the East Lancashire area with the very occasional Patient transport duty off site.

You will be based as per this advert however you may be required to work from any of the ELHT sites.


Ensure collection and delivery of goods, food, waste including clinical waste throughout the Trust is removed and disposed of following strict policy and standard operating practices over the 24/7 period.

Our team is responsible for replacing medical gas cylinders in various areas of the Trust and ensuring safe transportation and storage procedures are followed.

This site also includes onsite patient transfers.

We have daily Pharmacy, Pathology and various other stock/top up and collection runs to perform during the working day, which may include handling blood and other sample products in sealed containers


There may be a requirement to support the offsite Logistics teams in delivering and collecting from GP's and clinics in the local area.

To aid this it is essential that you hold a current UK driving licence and would be advantageous if you had a driver Certificate of Professional Competence, and category C1

If successful at the shortlist stage you will be required as part of the interview process to take part in a practical assessment, short reading and writing test to assess your ability to read and retain information given to you


We are a busy team who expect everyone to pull together, and to follow schedules and standard operating policies and procedures when performing duties.

Training will be given on all the different roles that you will be required to undertake throughout your working day.


The Trust have an array of Holistic benefits such as generous annual leave policy which allows 27 days per annum pro rata rising after year 5 to 29 days and rising again after year 10 to 33 days plus 8 days Bank Holiday.

We have a staff portal, staff restaurants and annual staff survey and mediation service.


The Trust also has an array of other wellbeing benefits including financial benefits to staff some of which are purchases through Vivup scheme, NHS pension scheme, multiple NHS discounts and offers.

There is also an array of mental and physical wellbeing benefits such as the cycle to work scheme, Fast Physio and Worksmart


The Trust also has its own gym on two of the sites and discounts at some of the towns gym's in the area, along with staff vaccines, Occupational Health Services and an array of Health and wellbeing contracts for staff to access.


The main duties and responsibilities of the LSA will include:

  • 1. Work as part of a LSA team carrying out the duties as laid down for the transport contract operated by the Trust and to be able to rotate onto all duties as required. Collect and deliver specimens blood, urine, bodily fluids or body partsand blood units, case notes, mail, pulp items, HSDU, food and various items of equipment and furniture including items that are heavy to hospitals, health centres, clinics Dr's residences and private addresses.
  • Daily collection and distribution of items in excess of15 Kilos, which will also include collection and delivery of retinal screening cameras to and from base to health centres and hospitals. These cameras are also of high value and must to be handled with care.
  • Collect sign for and deliver drugs some of which must comply with legislation related to delivery of controlled drugs, prescription books, to and from wards, hospitals, health centres, clinics and private addresses and obtain signature for safe delivery.
  • Collect and deliver patients private belongings including items of value, cash, and obtain signatures,to hospitals, nursing homes and private addresses.
  • Collect and deliver radioactive isotopes containersas per set guidance for Type A radioactive packages and departmental procedures.
  • Collectand deliver laundry(including soiled linen) from wards & departments, hospitals, health centres clinics and various residences.
  • Collect and deliver stores and HSDU items clean and soiled along with other medical equipment as required.
  • Collection of all waste streams and delivery to the local site waste compound for both clinical and non-clinical waste types. Responsible for ensuring cor


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