Employer: West London NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Broadmoor Hospital
Town: Crowthorne
Salary: £28,166 Per Annum Inclusive of Allowances
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/01/2025 23:59
Interview date: 15/01/2025
Patient Property Stores Assistant
Band 2
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community, and physical healthcare services for children, adults, and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri: 8.00am – 4.00pm)
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
The day-to-day running of the Patients Property Store, ensuring that all patients’ property is checked in on admission and out on discharge and records of all movements of patient property are kept accurate and up-to-date on the hospital’s database, whilst ensuring that security directives are implemented at all times.
Main duties of the job
The role will involve communicating with ward staff, patients, and other internal hospital departments, as well as some external communication to answer queries and resolve any issues, either face-to-face, via email, or telephone.
The role will require the incumbent to be physically fit as it will involve climbing ladders and the lifting and moving of storage boxes. I.T/computer skills are essential for this role but all other training will be provided.
A full clean driving licence is also an essential requirement as the role may involve driving to an offsite storage facility.
Uniform will be provided.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow, and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
* Basic general Education - pass trust literacy and numeracy tests
* Driving license
* Work towards level 2 apprenticeships
* GCSE or equivalent Maths and English
Experience
* Sound employment experience in a stores background
* Practical background in Stores
* Experience in an N.H.S setting or customer-focused environment
Knowledge
* General understanding of Health & Safety
* Good understanding of stock control
* Understanding of COSHH, Health & Safety
* Manual Handling and customer care.
Personal Qualities
* Able to work without constant supervision and to agreed timescales
* Well motivated with a flexible approach.
* Able to work as part of a team
* Basic computer skills
As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.
We reserve the right to close adverts prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications.
By applying for this post you are agreeing to West London NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which can take between 4-8 weeks. After which your information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system (ESR).
Please ensure you include email addresses for your referees which MUST be at supervisory or managerial capacity covering the last 3 years of employment to date to avoid delay in the recruitment process.
West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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