Inventory Team Leader

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, self-motivated, well organised individual to work as a site Team Leader within our Inventory Management service.

We provide a Inventory Management Service at each of our 4 main sites within in the Trust and we are advertising one Team leader at each site, The post holder will provide leadership and manage the day to day operations for the Site Inventory Management team to ensure the provision of a Inventory Management service for a specific hospital site across Wards/Department and Theatres environment within the hospital ., The Inventory Team has overall responsible for the provision of inventory services (exc. pharmacy) across Northumbria Healthcare Trust (NHCT). The Inventory Team Leader will ensure reordering and replenishing of stock, taking receipt of deliveries, stock level monitoring, maintaining minimal stock levels, stock rotation and the tracking of stock across multiple sites by onsite Inventory Co-Ordinator's.

The post holder will provide leadership and manage the day to day operations for the Site Inventory Management team to ensure the provision of a Inventory Management service for a specific hospital site across Wards/Department and Theatres environment within the hospital.

Responsibilities will also include sickness absence management, and compiling of staff rosters, assisting in staff appraisals, staff training and any performance /disciplinary issues.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before