The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children’s service. Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by: Putting patients first Aiming to get it right Recognising that everybody counts Doing everything openly and honestly ‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England' Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of the Theatre Stores team. Your main role will be to ensure the Theatre Stores department is adequately stocked in all areas, thereby facilitating the smooth running of theatres ensuring the delivery of excellent patient care. You will work closely with the entire stores team within the department to maintain stock levels, by performing stock reads and ordering appropriately as needed. You will need to supervise the team in the absence of the Theatre stores manager. Advert To ensure the department is adequately stocked in all areas thereby facilitating its smooth running and excellent patient care. You will work closely with the entire stores team within the department to maintain stock levels, by performing stock reads and ordering appropriately. The role will involve physical activities, such as manual handling, as well as an ability to use bar code readers and computers. Full training will be provided for these activities. As an essential part of the Senior Stores Assistant is the ability to communicate with a wide range of people within the Trust. To lead the Stores Team to liaise with HSDU staff and theatre teams to ensure that the required sterile instrument trays and supplementary items are available for use in the theatre session at the required time. To ensure a good line of communication is maintained with HSDU at all times with regards to urgent items, next day sets and instruments, out of action, awaiting repair and expected dates of return to service. To offer the highest standard of customer care to patients, visitors and other service users, adhering to Departmental guidelines, Standard Operating Procedures and the Trust’s Code of Values & Behaviours. Working for our organisation We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description / Person Specification for detailed job description and main responsibilities. The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill-health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency. The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. ‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England' Visa and Immigration If you are wishing to apply for this role and would require sponsorship (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer), you can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job. Please check your account regularly under “My Applications” to view the progress of your applications. If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks, please assume your application has been unsuccessful. In submitting an application form, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Please note that should we experience a high level of interest in this post, the vacancy may be closed prior to the stated closing date. James Paget Hospitals uses tools to screen any applications generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI),