Equipment and Stores Service Co-Ordinator | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 15 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 Per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2024 |
| Location: | Stevenage, SG1 4AB |
| Company: | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6181872/361-PLN-6181872 |
Summary
We are recruiting for a Equipment and Stores Service Co-Ordinator who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You will have responsibility for the local procurement and the management of consumables, equipment and service contracts within the Operating Theatre Department as advised by the Theatre Manager / Service Manager, in conjunction with the procurement team and local supplies department. Supporting the implementation of our new theatre stock management system.
You will be jointly responsible with external teams, e.g. Access/Waiting List Managers, speciality managers for robust communication and effective management of the patient’s surgical pathway.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
The post-holder will support the Service Manager and Theatre Manager in the co-ordination and management in aspects of Clinical equipment and supplies to support Planned and unplanned surgical procedures.
To work unsupervised and act independently to manage own workload, referring to Service Manager when necessary.
To line manage and support a team to deliver the service.
To innovate more effective systems to benefit the department and the Trust and improvement projects.
To request new equipment through the discretionary, spend panel.
To support and assist the service manager with Business case and capital bid requests.
To deputise for the Service Manager as required in the remit of stock management.
Co-ordinating, ordering and receipting on loan instruments and implants under supervision of Clinical Leads /Theatre Manager.
Post holder will regularly work unsupervised but with the wider theatre team available for reference at all times.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & 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; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Monday 29 Apr 2024