Emergency Department Stores & Equipment Administrator

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Emergency Department Stores & Equipment Administrator who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

You will support the Emergency Department Inventory & Supplies team with the distribution of stock and replenishment of medical consumables across the Emergency Department clinical floor.

Your role will involve working within a team to provide a high quality service which offers a timely responsive and pro-active service for the movement of stock, materials and equipment within the Emergency Department and Emergency Floor.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

To assist clinical staff to ensure the environment is safe.

To daily check and ensure that any broken equipment is taken to EBME and replacement equipment is loan to the department by EBME where appropriate and have and keep a list of equipment not in the department.

Collection of medical devices from other areas of the trust.

For the day to day safety and security of the ED equipment and store facilities.

To order, receive and process internal requisitions via the Trusts online computerised system for all ED stores items (excluding drugs) in a cost effective and timely manner and in line with Trust procedures.

Responsible for monthly stock take and reconciliation with the basic inventory package. Investigating of non-balancing stock

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Basic education
• GCSE Grades A-C or equivalent in English and Maths

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate an understanding of moving and handling techniques
• Computer Literacy to RSA level 2 or above

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of the requirements of the role
• Knowledge of processes involved in stock control and managing stores
• Basic understanding of NHS issues
• Knowledge of health and safety issues

Skills

Essential

• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding, staff and visitors
• Self-motivated
• Flexibility and team participation
• Adaptability, ability to prioritise work, especially under pressure.
• Good IT skills

Desirable

• Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting
• IT skills to include spreadsheets and databases
• Customer service skills
• Analytical skills

Previous Experience

Essential

• Experience in a comparable purchasing/logistics/retail environment or admin experience
• Good verbal and written communications.
• Ability to work closely with all grades of staff.
• Adaptability, ability to prioritise work

Desirable

• Previous experience in health care setting

Other Requirements

Essential

• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Role model our Trust values every day