Senior Supplies Assistant

Working Full time - 37.5 hours per week
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Supplies Team. You will report to the Assistant Supply Chain Manager and form part of a team which is responsible for delivering a professional top-up and receipt and distribution service.
The role will assist the Assistant Supply Chain Manager in the responsibility for providing the day-to-day operational services of the Supplies Section, which includes, the Goods Distribution Centre, Domestics Stores, Pathology Stores and an efficient Materials Management customer orientated stock replenishment service to Wards and Departments.
We are looking for someone who can work in a fast-paced environment and is keen to learn and develop.
To assist in the management on a day-to-day basis all aspects of the service provided by the Supplies Section/ Goods Distribution Centre.
To provide a full top up service to Wards and Departments using handheld computers and manual requisitions, making flexible adjustments depending on needs of the Trust
To use the Trust Purchase and Supply System for all Supplies requirements, such as booking in deliveries, and using stock management system
To provide Customers with advice and guidance surrounding the services and procedures provided by Supplies
To provide purchasing and supplies advice for items ordered via Supplies and guidance to customers as required.
To assist in the management and purchasing of stock including stocktakes on behalf of wards/clinics, Resus top up, Picc line service, Pathology stores and GP services, ordering stock with annual value in excess of £800,000
To seek alternatives for discontinued / restricted lines in conjunction with Commodity Advisor / Assistant Supply Chain Manager/ Purchase and Supply Manager to ensure product continuity
Be part of a busy Team, we are looking for someone hard working, who is proactive and keen to learn. The structure of the team offering opportunities to develop where appropriate.
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
**The Countess of Chester Hospital**: providing 438 general and acute beds
**Ellesmere Port Hospital**: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
**Tarporley War Memorial Hospital**: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.