Supply Chain Manager

The postholder will manage the Transactional, Receipt and Distribution and Supply Chain teams providing a daily logistics, 'top up' service and transactional activity to MWL. The postholder will be responsible for ensuring that the Trusts' wards and departments are provided an excellent service ensuring that all the departments have the goods they require to deliver patient care. The postholder will liaise closely with NHS Supply Chain to keep abreast of stock issues and take proactive measure to avoid stock out. You will also work closely with the Category Managers to identify optimum products offering good value for money and implementing agreed changes across the Trust. You will optimise the service provided to the Trust ensuring that the right quality, volume and frequency of stock is delivered and available using the best technology. The postholder will also ensure that the service is flexible and can respond quickly and efficiently to the needs of the Trust,

• Be the onsite champion for all issues relating to the supply chain for clinical and general consumable goods.
• Proactively engage with clinical staff to optimise the service. Gain, and act appropriately on, feedback.
• Act as line manager to the Materials Management Supervisor and RDC Supervisor and offer support to the Buyer Team leader and the Transactional Team. Be responsible for recruitment within the teams and carrying out appraisals for direct reports.
• Manage appropriate action following MHRA alerts including identification and withdrawal of potential hazards.
• Manage relevant audits of Department work activities e.g. overstocking, sterility checks and stock turnover rates.
  
  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our services: Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme