About this role
Job summary
Join our award-winning team at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC. As a Band 3 Supply Chain Assistant, you will be an essential part of our Estates and Facilities team, ensuring the seamless delivery of critical medical and non-medical supplies that directly impact patient care. This role is pivotal in maintaining efficient stock control and providing first-class support to clinical areas across the hospital.
If you're motivated by the opportunity to make a tangible difference in healthcare operations, have an eye for detail, and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, we want to hear from you. This is your chance to be part of an innovative team at the UK's leading heart and lungs specialist hospital, where your work will support life-changing care for patients.
Main duties of the job
As a Supply Chain Assistant, you will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of our Materials Management service. You will be responsible for managing stock levels, processing orders, and ensuring timely delivery of consumables to wards and departments.
Key tasks include putting away stock, rotating supplies to maintain freshness, reconciling delivery notes, and identifying opportunities to reduce waste and improve efficiency.
Collaboration is at the heart of this role. You will work closely with clinical staff, suppliers, and the procurement team to meet department needs, ensure compliance with safety and infection control standards, and resolve supply issues swiftly. Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize tasks are essential.
We're looking for a proactive team player with experience in stock control or supply chain processes, ideally within the NHS. A knowledge of procurement systems, manual handling, and a customer-focused approach will set you up for success in this rewarding position.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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Job description Job responsibilities On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
see role profile
Desirable
*Working towards an NVQ Level 2 or equivalent
Experience Essential
*Ability to treat all information confidentially *Ability to work within a team and take instruction *Ability to work under pressure *Ability to communicate information verbally *Ability to read, write and record relevant information.
Desirable
*A Knowledge of stock control procedures, delivery routes, manual handling procedures and equipment *Previous experience of working within the NHS *At least one year's previous experience within a similar environment.
Additional Criteria Essential
As well as being able to demonstrate examples of how they work in a way that is consistent with our values of compassion, excellence and collaboration the successful candidate will be able to clearly demonstrate a commitment to driving culture change through equality, diversity and inclusion.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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.
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Employer details Employer name Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/working-here (Opens in a new tab)