Estates Storekeeper Newcastle upon Tyne
Job description
We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated Estates Storekeeper to join our Estates Operations team on a short-term temporary contract.
The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, excellent customer service/administration skills and an eye for detail.
The Estates Storekeeper is part of a small team ensuring that stock integrity is maintained through all stages, from raising purchase requisitions to goods receiving and cycle counts. You will provide support to the maintenance operations teams so that PPM and reactive maintenance tasks can be completed in line with compliance standards.
The Estates Storekeeper is part of the Operations team responsible for the provision and maintenance of spare parts associated within hospital mechanical, electrical and building operating functions. The stores are responsible for the provision of an effective, efficient, and professional stores and procurement service to the Estates directorate.
Training can be provided.
- Interview Date 06/04/2023
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
- Provide guidance and support on all aspects of stores procurement systems.
- Receive and inspect all incoming materials and reconcile with purchase orders. Store and unpacking of goods into stock using trust software packages – NEP/concept evolution.
- Liaise with a variety of stakeholders via written and verbal communication.
- Attend and serve at the stores counter to meet the requirements of operations staff.
- Maintain inventory management systems and accurate inventory levels.
- Raise purchase requisitions for stock and non-stock items using CAFM software packages.
- Carry out stock taking duties.
- Issuing of stock and PPE equipment using CAFM software.
- Maintain a safe tidy and clean work environment.
- Follow up on any discrepancies or outages.
- Experience of working with computerised stock inventory management systems.
- IT competence with good keyboard skills.
- Good communication both orally and in writing with suppliers, Estates management, supervisors, trades staff, finance, and audit.
- Use their own initiative to ensure work is undertaken in a timely and appropriate fashion.
- Good administration skills.
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
To assist in delivering a cost-effective Estates stores service to the maintenance operations teams throughout the Newcastle Upon Tyne hospital Trust.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
