UEL Materials & Equipment Operative

Job Overview

UHS Estates Limited (UEL) is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Please see below for a detailed job description of the role

Please note UEL does not hold a Home Office Workers Licence and therefore unable to offer sponsorship.

Main duties of the job

UHS Estates Limited (UEL) are recruiting for the role of Materials & Equipment Operative.

This role is key in ensuring the right equipment and consumable goods get to the right place, at the right time. This is to ensure that the clinical services can treat patients efficiently and effectively, with lots of support from a dedicated management team within UEL.

The successful candidate will be working within a small team of 7 people. Covering 7 days a week on a roster. Shift patterns between 07:30-19:30.

The service supports the operating theatres and labs of a 24/7 acute teaching hospital - providing major trauma and countless tertiary services across the South of England - ensuring that the correct theatre is available, with the correct equipment, the correct consumables and surgical instrumentation, at the correct time.

Working for our organisation

As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated ‘Good’ by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.

All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.

Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.

UHS Estates Limited (UEL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS). The company is responsible for the design and construction of new buildings, and the ongoing provision of services, including estates maintenance, soft facilities

management and the management of equipment, consumables and materials, in support of one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

The potholder will be part of a team responsible for ensuring that goods and materials are distributed around the Hospital to the relevant location. This will include moving cages of items, delivering sterile trays to the relevant theatres and restocking storerooms. Other tasks include moving gas bottles, and emptying theatre scrub machines.

Please read the attached Job description and person specification to see the full tasks covered within this role.

Person specification

Qualifications / Training Required

Essential criteria

• Numeracy and literacy skills.
• A good standard of Keyboard /computer skills.
  
  

Previous or relevant experience necessary

Desirable criteria

• Proven experience in a hospital environment
  
  

Special requirements of the post

Essential criteria

• Holds a driving licence
  
  

Vales and Behaviours

Essential criteria

• Patients First
• Always Improving
• Working Together