Theatre Stores Operative

£24,937.00 to £26,598.00 per year, £24937.00 - £26598.00 a year

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

02/05/2026

Communication and Relationships Encourage department staff to maximise cost effectiveness where there are conflicting priorities, using standard operating procedures.

Liaises with suppliers regarding delivery commitments/returns and consignment changes.

Liaise with Inventory management Team regarding orders, deliveries, and returns.

Liaise with General Office, Theatre Sisters, company reps and external hospitals to arrange short term borrowing and loaning of consumables.

Regular contact and collaboration with Theatre Team Leaders and Theatre Manager.

Attend relevant meetings in relation to Stores and Procurement.

Update and Reviewing Implant Room Procedures.

Liaise with relevant stakeholders, including EBME, Skanska, General Office, Housekeeping, IT Services, Procurement, Sterile Services, Clinicians and Senior Management.

Responsibility for Patient/Client Care Incidental contact when working in departmental areas.

Responsibility for Policy/Service Development Implements policies for own work area and proposes policy or service changes which impact own area of activity.

Comments on changes to policies in own sphere of work.

Responsibility for Financial and Physical Resources Maintain stock control and ensure security of stock where appropriate.

Maintains stock at agreed levels.

Responsibility for Information Resources Data entry, text processing, storage of data especially for loan equipment and implants record.

Theatre Stores receipting/returns/materials management data on computerised systems, files data.

Undertake projects within Theatre Stores in collaboration and approval of Theatre Manager.

Maintain databases relating to historic stock movements.

Responsibility for Research and Development Participates in formal audits of own areas.

SECTION 2- KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS Understanding of a range of work procedures and practices, some of which are non-routine, which require a base level of theoretical knowledge.

This is normally acquired through formal training or equivalent experience.

Knowledge of clinical procedures, stores processes and replenishment and maintenance of stock.

Analysis and Judgments Judgements involving a range of facts or situations, which require analysis or comparison of a range of options.

Planning and Organisation Plans, arranges, and adjusts, e.g., stock review meetings, delivery, or collections windows.

Responsible for own workload, with autonomy as appropriate, using specialist knowledge, skills and experience required.

Cross site co-ordination for urgent transfer of implants and instruments off site following standard operating procedures.

Co-ordinating any new stock of implants and instruments with company representatives, relevant Trust departments

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