Main area Procurement Grade Grade A Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Thurs 9:00am – 5:00pm Fri 8:30am – 4:30pm (With ½ hour lunch)) Job ref 423-AGHS7371219
Employer AGH Solutions Ltd Employer type NHS Site Airedale General Hospital Town Steeton Salary £24,169 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 07/08/2025 23:59
Grade A
AGH Solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. We are proud of our NHS heritage, and proud to be supporting Airedale’s clinical services.
We provide a wide range of services from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement, to clients both within and beyond the NHS.
Job overview
The Procurement department at Airedale General Hospital is part of AGH Solutions LTD, a wholly owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.
The Procurement team pride themselves on providing excellent customer service to their customers and we aspire to be the best we can be, assisting clinical areas in providing the best clinical care to patients and users within the hospital and community.
If you want to learn how to control and manage stock levels in a busy hospital that provides essential medical care for a population of 200,000 people, this role could be perfect for you!
We are looking for an individual who wants to further develop their customer service skills, who can prioritise essential tasks and ensure the availability of stock in all areas.
You will have good communication skills, be computer literate on basic software systems such as Microsoft Office.
Your main responsibilities will be ordering of goods for the Trust, in particular for clinical areas, which would involve visiting the ward areas and counting stock.
AGH Solutions is committed to allowing its employees to work dynamically with a combination of working on site and remotely, where possible.
37.5 hours per week
Mon-Thurs 9:00am – 5:00pm, Fri 8:30am – 4:30pm (With ½ hour lunch)
Main duties of the job
Ensure that stock levels are maintained for consumables on clinical areas specifically by:
undertaking materials management top-up in line with levels set and within agreed timescales.
communicating with clinical teams as required to resolve any queries regarding replenishing and reordering of required stock
undertaking quarterly reviews with clinical teams, agreeing and maintaining adequate stock levels.
To ensure that orders for goods and services are placed and delivered in a timely manner in accordance with procedures.
Assist in ensuring that all Central Alerting System (CAS), Medicines Healthcare Regulations Authority (MHRA) or Supplier alerts are actioned and report any adverse incidents to the MHRA in line with procedures.
Assist the Assistant Logistics Manager to develop, implement and improve working methodologies and procedures in order to maintain service delivery.
Assist the Assistant Logistics Manager in creating a culture which will ensure the delivery of a professional Stock Control service which will be fit for purpose.
Support work towards identification of savings opportunities monitoring and reporting progress as required.
Working for our organisation
AGH Solutions was born out of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, a hospital and community services trust based outside Keighley, West Yorkshire.
We are privileged to operate in a beautiful part of the country. The clinical services we support reach far up into the Yorkshire Dales, across the Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven patch. We are also lucky to have excellent transport links to Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and beyond. Leeds city centre is 25 minutes by train from Keighley.
We provide a wide range of services, from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement.
Our vision is to bring you a flexible, responsive, high quality, value for money service.
Our NHS heritage means we work to the values and ethics of the NHS, and to those of Airedale NHS FT specifically.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.
This position is not currently eligible for a certificate of sponsorship in line with Home Office guidance as it does not appear on the skilled worker visa occupation list.
If you currently hold a different type of visa allowing you to work in the UK we would welcome an application from you. If your visa expires or there is a change in status during your employment, the Trust will be required to review your employment which may result in the termination of your employment to comply with the relevant immigration legislation
Person specification
Qualifications
* A good level of general education (i.e. English and Maths GCSE)
* Qualified or working towards Level 2 Procurement or equivalent
Knowledge
* Working knowledge of software computer packages, i.e. Microsoft Office
* Basic knowledge of Health and Safety in a working environment
* Good interpersonal skills, good oral and written communication
Experience
* Good analytical skills and mathematical understanding
* Customer relations dealing with diverse customer base both face to face and remotely
* Experience of working within a general office undertaking administration duties
* Experience in a Procurement environment
* Experience of stock control via inventory systems
* Experience in using a purchase to pay system
NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.
If you are offered a position which requires you to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard or Basic £26.40) from your first full months salary. This is a condition of your employment.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties 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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