Stores Assistant

Spire Little Aston Hospital are looking for an experience Stores Assistant to join our fantastic team on a part time basis, 22.5 hours per week.

As a Stores Assistant, you will be supporting the smooth running of the hospital by ensuring departments receive the stock, consumables and supplies they need in a timely, accurate and efficient way. You will help maintain effective stock control, process deliveries, support ordering activity and ensure stock is stored safely and appropriately across the hospital.

Spire Little Aston Hospital is a leading private hospital in the Midlands, offering comprehensive hospital care to patients from Birmingham and the surrounding areas of the West Midlands and Staffordshire. The hospital has an exceptional reputation within a variety of specialties including Orthopaedics, Sports & Exercise Medicine, Cosmetics, Ophthalmic, Gynaecology, General Surgery & Physiotherapy.

We’re dedicated to providing quality treatment and aftercare to our patients. This means ongoing investment in our facilities and our staff. We also have a dedicated Bone & Joint Clinic with leading orthopaedic consultants, Breast Care Centre and Spire Eye Centre.

Spire Healthcare was announced as winner of the ‘Best Workplace for Learning and Development - Over 1,500 Nursing Staff category’ at the Nursing Times Workforce Summit & Awards 2021. The award recognised the introduction of a whole range of learning and development initiatives for clinical and non-clinical colleagues, this includes Spire's dedicated apprenticeship team which supports a wide variety of apprenticeships including BSc Physiotherapy and MSc Advanced Clinical Practice.

• Receive, check and process deliveries from suppliers and the National Distribution Centre.
• Distribute stock and non-stock items to hospital departments.
• Support daily stock control, top-up counts and stock replenishment.
• Ensure all goods are matched accurately to purchase orders and recorded correctly.
• Help maintain safe, organised and clearly labelled stores areas.
• Support stock rotation to minimise waste and ensure out-of-date stock is not used.
• Liaise with internal teams, suppliers and colleagues to resolve stock queries in a timely manner.

We are looking for someone organised, accurate and confident working in a busy environment. Previous experience in a stores, supplies or stock control role is essential, and experience within healthcare would be an advantage. 

You will also need:

• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• A methodical approach with strong attention to detail.
• Good literacy and numeracy skills.
• Confidence using IT systems, including Microsoft Office.
• The ability to work independently, prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
• An awareness of Health & Safety and COSHH would be beneficial.

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion.
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

We commit to our employees’ well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.