Inventory Team Leader

NHS; North Shields; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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 an Inventory Management Service at each of our 4 main sites within the Trust and we are advertising one Team Leader at the following site:

North Tyneside General Hospital.

This is a Fixed Term contract covering a secondment until 31st March 2026.

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

Main Duties of the Job

The Inventory Team is 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 tracking of stock across multiple sites by onsite Inventory Co-Ordinators.

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

About Us

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 submitting your application.

Job Responsibilities

Supporting the IM Manager, the post holder will lead effective staff 1-2-1 meetings to inform, engage, and motivate IM staff. Assisting in establishing a clear focus and direction for the team, ensuring all members understand their role within the department and the Trust.

They will be the key point of contact liaising with clinical staff, being visible, accessible, and coordinating all aspects of Inventory Management for their hospital site.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the Trust.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Requirement to demonstrate leadership skills and behavior gained from Team Leader apprenticeship or equivalent vocational level 3 qualification in leadership or relevant experience of effective management of teams.
• Knowledge of professional purchasing principles acquired through vocational level 3 qualification or Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) Foundation, plus knowledge of contract law acquired through short courses and experience or equivalent.
• Educated to an undergraduate degree level or equivalent experience in inventory management.

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.

Employer Name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust