Stock Control Officer; Grade B

The Procurement Department at Airedale General Hospital is part of AGH Solutions LTD, a wholly owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

The Procurement team provides services to both Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust. The team pride themselves on providing excellent customer service and supporting frontline patient care across all clinical departments.

We are looking for an individual to support the management of clinical consumables in a busy hospital that provides essential medical care for a population of 200,000 people.

We are looking for an individual who is a confident communicator, both face to face and over email/telephone. Excellent customer service skills are essential. We are looking for someone who can prioritise essential tasks and understands the principles behind Just In Time ordering and Materials Management. The role will also be key in supporting the development of the Trust's Inventory Management System.

As well as having excellent communication skills, you will need to be computer literate on software systems such as Microsoft Office, be confident in reviewing data and be confident working with new systems and hardware.

Your main responsibilities will be ordering of goods for the Trust, in particular for clinical areas, which would involve visiting the ward areas and counting stock as well as managing inventory systems and supporting waste reduction through improving stock management efficiencies.

AGH Solutions is committed to allowing its employees to work dynamically with a combination of working on site and remotely, where possible.

This position is not currently eligible for a certificate of sponsorship in line with Home Office guidance as it does not appear on the skilled worker visa occupation list.

If you currently hold a different type of visa allowing you to work in the UK we would welcome an application from you. If your visa expires or there is a change in status during your employment, the Trust will be required to review your employment which may result in the termination of your employment to comply with the relevant immigration legislation.

AGH Solutions was born out of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, a hospital and community services trust based outside Keighley, West Yorkshire. We are privileged to operate in a beautiful part of the country. The clinical services we support reach far up into the Yorkshire Dales, across the Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven patch. We are also lucky to have excellent transport links to Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and beyond.

Leeds city centre is 25 minutes by train from Keighley. We provide a wide range of services, from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement. Our vision is to bring you a flexible, responsive, high quality, value for money service. Our NHS heritage means we work to the values and ethics of the NHS, and to those of Airedale NHS FT specifically.

For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.

• A good level of general education English and Maths GCSE or equivalent.
• Professional supply chain or logistics qualification or relevant experience.
• CIPS Level 3 Advanced Certificate in Procurement and Supply Operations or equivalent qualification.
• Good interpersonal skills, good oral and written communication.
• Data input and analysis capabilities
• Ability to plan and develop own workloads to meet the strategic dimensions of the Department

• Good knowledge of Microsoft software Power Point, Excel and Word
• Knowledge of Health and Safety in a working environment
• Understanding of Public Contract Regulations.
• Knowledge of GS1 standards and the Scan4
  
  Safety project

• Experience of stock control via inventory management systems
• Good analytical skills and mathematical orientation.
• Customer relations dealing with diverse customer base both face to face and over the telephone.
• Experience in a Procurement environment
• Experience of teamwork
• Availability to use/develop use of common software packages i.e. Microsoft Office
• Experience in using purchase to pay systems or catalogue ordering systems

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.