Logistics Assistant

Job Overview

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated and reliable individual to join our friendly Logistics team within Receipt and Distribution at Frimley Park Hospital.

This is a hands-on and physically active role where you’ll play a key part in ensuring the timely and efficient delivery of essential supplies across the hospital. Working as part of a small, supportive team, you’ll be involved in the day-to-day distribution and collection of goods to all departments, helping to keep everything running smoothly behind the scenes.

Visa Sponsorship

This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the contract.

Main duties of the job

What You’ll Be Doing

• Carrying out internal deliveries and collections of supplies across the hospital site using electric vehicles.
• Assisting with the loading and unloading of delivery vehicles.
• Receipting goods on the Trust’s e-procurement system (full training provided).
• Collecting items for return, liaising with the Procurement team.
• Picking and packing stock held within the Logistics remit.
• Ensuring the Distribution area remains safe, clean, and well organised.
• Supporting additional Logistics tasks as directed by the Logistics Manager.
• Maintaining high standards of health and safety, including manual handling awareness.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Good basic level of education

Desirable criteria

• Certified in the use of electric vehicles
• Stock management NVQ

Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable IT experience with MS Office
• Good interpersonal and customer skills.

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience working with stock control in a busy time critical environment
• Experience of computerised stores management / stock control systems
• Experience working in a healthcare setting

Skills

Essential criteria

• Evidence of ability to prioritise and plan own work Ability to work in a team and independently

Special Requirements

Essential criteria

• The position will involve the manual lifting and handling of miscellaneous goods and equipment over prolonged periods

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.

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