We are recruiting for a Equipment and Stores Service Co-Ordinator who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The Equipment and Stores Service Co-Ordinator will have devolved responsibility for the local procurement and maintenance of consumables, equipment and service contracts within the Operating Theatre Department as advised by the Theatre Manager / Service Manager, in conjunction with the Procurement Team, Estates, Facilities, Quality Improvement and local supplies department.
The post-holder will support the Service Manager and Theatre Manager in the co ordination and management in aspects of Clinical equipment and supplies to support Planned and Unplanned surgical
procedures.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
The post holder will be jointly responsible with external teams, e.g. Access/Waiting List Managers, specialty managers, EMBE, Estates for robust communication and effective management of the patient’s surgical pathway.
To work unsupervised and act independently to manage own workload, referring to Service Manager when necessary.
To innovate more effective systems to benefit the department and the Trust.
To deputise for the Service Manager as required in the remit of stock management.
Co-ordinating ,ordering and receipting on loan instruments and implants under supervision of Clinical Leads /Theatre Manager.
The Post holder will regularly work unsupervised but with the wider theatre team available for reference at all times.
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
Hertford County, Hertford
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
