Supply Chain Team Leader | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
As a Supply Chain Team Leader, you'll be at the heart of our dynamic supply chain operations. You'll manage the supply of both medical and surgical consumables across all UCLH sites, managing small teams, handling everything from ordering, receiving and checking to distribution and the management of store rooms, products and their suppliers.
Your day-to-day tasks will be varied and engaging, involving problem-solving, investigating discrepancies, and keeping our communication with suppliers/ stakeholders running smoothly. You'll play a key role in ensuring our supply chain functions are efficient and effective.
This role is perfect for someone who enjoys staying active, as it involves a mix of walking, standing, pulling, pushing, bending, stretching, lifting, carrying, unpacking & packing. Plus you'll have the chance to contribute to exciting department improvement and transformational activities, making a real impact on our services.
Applicants should ideally have a sound knowledge of supply chain/logistics practice and some management/leadership experience in the NHS or a similar large complex organisation. You must be confident, articulate and an aspiring leader able to make assess supply chain issues, make appropriate decisions, understand related systems, communicate effectively with customers and also motivate your team.You will also be a key link between your team and your supervisor/senior managers providing support, advice and cover when your supervisor is off site.
To support the Supply Chain Supervisor & Supply Chain Manager to deliver the service of managing the supply of medical consumables, non-medical consumables (exclusions are capital purchases, Sterile Services products, and Pharmaceuticals) to user departments across all UCLH sites.
- To deliver excellence in the internal supply chain service and all its associated areas including receiving, checking, receipt, distribution, ordering, store management and maintaining appropriate stock levels.
- IT literacy is important as the service has a growing reliance on systems and the integration of systems to improve efficiency.
- To support the site team and its supervisor (site manager).
- Candidates must have a collaborative, supportive and work orientated ethic with a strong empathy for equality, diversity and inclusivity and an understanding of the importance of the trust values in all aspects of our work.
Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
- University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
- University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
- Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
- University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
- The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological,gastrointestinaland oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclearmedicineand pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
You will need to demonstrate that you are a good team player and able to work across multiple clinical based storage areas. You must have excellent customer service skills and the ability to react positively and helpfully under pressure in a complex and demanding environment.Importantly you must be a people person able to lead but also empathise, support but also deliver and you must set the example for your team members in terms of behaviour, actions and a desire to be the best person and service for our patients.
Above all you must at all times live and behave in accordance with the Trust values.
You will need to be a highly motivated individual with good organisational skills with a keen eye for detail. You must be able to demonstrate effective problem solving skills to ensure that all aspects of the supply chain service works to the benefit of the trust especially in terms of supply chain and financial management.If this is you we’d be delighted to consider your application, however, if you applied to our recent recruitment but were not short-listed please do not apply again for this role.
Applicants must also be able to work across all UCLH sites as required and must be physically fit. If you're detail-oriented, proactive, and ready to bring your passion for supply chain management to a fun and dynamic team, we want to hear from you.Join us and be part of a team that's making a difference every day!
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust- In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.
UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.
To discover more about what makes UCLHa great placetowork, visit:Why Choose UCLH?
This advert closes on Sunday 19 Jan 2025