Stock Control Assistant (Grade A)

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 pride themselves on providing excellent customer service to their customers and we aspire to be the best we can be, assisting clinical areas in providing the best clinical care to patients and users within the hospital and community.

If you want to learn how to control and manage stock levels in a busy hospital that provides essential medical care for a population of 200,000 people, this role could be perfect for you!

We are looking for an individual who wants to further develop their customer service skills, who can prioritise essential tasks and ensure the availability of stock in all areas.

You will have good communication skills, be computer literate on basic software systems such as Microsoft Office.

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.

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

Ensure that stock levels are maintained for consumables on clinical areas specifically by:

undertaking materials management top-up in line with levels set and within agreed timescales.

communicating with clinical teams as required to resolve any queries regarding replenishing and reordering of required stock

undertaking quarterly reviews with clinical teams, agreeing and maintaining adequate stock levels.

To ensure that orders for goods and services are placed and delivered in a timely manner in accordance with procedures.

Assist in ensuring that all Central Alerting System (CAS), Medicines Healthcare Regulations Authority (MHRA) or Supplier alerts are actioned and report any adverse incidents to the MHRA in line with procedures.

Assist the Assistant Logistics Manager to develop, implement and improve working methodologies and procedures in order to maintain service delivery.

Assist the Assistant Logistics Manager in creating a culture which will ensure the delivery of a professional Stock Control service which will be fit for purpose.

Support work towards identification of savings opportunities monitoring and reporting progress as required.

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.