Storekeeper / Materials Management Assistant

Job description

Job summary

**PLEASE NOTE: This role is not eligible for current or future visa sponsorship**

Storekeeper / Materials Management Assistant

37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday between the hours of 07:00 - 16:00)

Fixed term for 12 months (Secondment Cover)

Closing Date: Wednesday 2nd September 2026

Interview Date: TBC

**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **

All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

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Main duties of the job

To support all service areas within the Trust to receive and issue the correct goods, products or equipment purchased in a timely way through an effective Supply Chain service including receipts, distribution and to lead the rollout of the Materials Management Service across the Trust and support going forward.

About us

Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

If you are applying for a Domestic Assistant or Health Care Assistant role you may be eligible for the refer a friend scheme - find out more here: https://www.geh.nhs.uk/about-us/people-and-workforce/vacancies/refer-friend-scheme

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Rollout of the Materials Management service across the Trust and ongoing support to maintain agreed stock levels across the service, tackling product issues, stock issues and liaising with other areas to support this.
• Receives goods to the warehouse and ensures that these goods are handled safely and by appropriate means e.g. transfer of goods by a trolley/truck (if required), to the correct stores bin location and recording this in line with appropriate booking in procedures.
• Moves, handles and stores goods and equipment in accordance with agreed stores procedures and in line with health and safety guidance.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Job description
Job responsibilities

• Rollout of the Materials Management service across the Trust and ongoing support to maintain agreed stock levels across the service, tackling product issues, stock issues and liaising with other areas to support this.
• Receives goods to the warehouse and ensures that these goods are handled safely and by appropriate means e.g. transfer of goods by a trolley/truck (if required), to the correct stores bin location and recording this in line with appropriate booking in procedures.
• Moves, handles and stores goods and equipment in accordance with agreed stores procedures and in line with health and safety guidance.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE's level or equivalent
• Understanding of a warehouse environment

Desirable

• Operational understanding of Materials Management
• Knowledge and understanding of Supply Chains
• Knowledge of Inventory Management Systems and issues

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE's level or equivalent
• Understanding of a warehouse environment

Desirable

• Operational understanding of Materials Management
• Knowledge and understanding of Supply Chains
• Knowledge of Inventory Management Systems and issues

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .

Employer details

Employer name

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Address

Main Stores - George Eliot Hospital

College Street

Nuneaton

CV10 7DJ

United Kingdom

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