Critical Care Stores and Procurement Officer

The post holder will be responsible and accountable for the maintenance of an effective stock and supplies service within Critical Care. Critical Care uses a high volume of disposable items and the post holder is responsible for the safety of patients and smooth running of the service by ensuring contingency plans are in place when informed of potential problems with supply or delivery by companies. The Stores and Procurement Operative will work closely with the Critical Care Matron in ensuring optimum cost effectiveness, service provision plus the identification and delivery of savings as part of the Quality Efficiency and Productivity (QEP) programme.,

• Responsibility for ordering, storing and delivery of disposable and non-disposable supplies, ensuring top-up system is maintained, using Trust systems eg Oracle, NHS Supply Chain, NHS Logistics.
• Ensure all external orders are monitored and maintained by liaison with company representatives on a regular basis
• Identify potential savings opportunities and report them to the Directorate team accordingly
• To undertake annual stocktake in all 3 clinical areas within Critical Care.
• Analyse, interpret and present data and information relating to spend to support cost efficiency.
• Maintaining the Quality and Efficiency (QEP) spreadsheet to demonstrate cost-effectiveness.
• Undertake Quality Impact Assessments following the implementation of (QEP) schemes
• Supporting the Matron in promoting and maintaining a clean, warm, safe and secure environment.
• Maintaining privacy and dignity of the patient environmentThe identification, reporting and rectifying of problems related to the environment or equipment.
• Ensuring effective communication between the staff and Matron, within the Trust and represent the Trust in appropriate communication skills with all suppliers and outside agencies.
• Ensure own safety regarding Manual Handling and Infection Control, attending all necessary Trust Mandatory Training for these and other training needs.
  
  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience. The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.