Materials Management Assistant

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

7/13/2025

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Job Overview

“Around £1bn could be saved through better procurement” – Lord Carter

North Bristol NHS Trust Are Seeking To Appoint a Materials Management Assistant To Join Our Dynamic Team. Working Predominantly On Your Feet In Busy Clinical Environments Including Within The State Of The Art Brunel Building, You Will Be Part Of a Team Managing The Replenishment Of a Wide Range Of Hospital Consumables:

• Generating orders based on established PAR levels.
• Checking and unpacking deliveries.
• Ensure cleanliness and upkeep of storage areas
• Working across the NBT site in a number of different locations
• Liaising with a wide range of hospital staff and external suppliers.
• Problem solving in order to ensure that supply is maintained all year round.
  
  

Main duties of the job

You must have knowledge of supply chains, be well organised, have the ability to use your own initiative and work within agreed guidelines. Good numerical skills and attention to detail will also be required. Experience of working in a supply chain role, with membership or training for CIPS or HCSA would be desirable.

Working for our organisation

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Applicants must be educated to GCSE standard and be computer literate, with a decent knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel. Experience of working within an office environment is also desirable. We are a customer focused team, therefore good communication skills are required, as well as a strong team ethic.

You will become part of a team of staff covering the Southmead Hospital site. Shifts will be allocated on a rotational basis across the team to cover the service hours of 7:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday; as such you must be available to work any 7.5 hour shift within those hours.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to GCSE/ O level
  
  

Experience

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in an office environment
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to work under own initiative
  
  

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Proficient with PC, with knowledge of Microsoft Desktop packages e.g. Outlook, word and excel.
  
  

Experience

Desirable criteria

• Supply Chain experience
  
  

Experience

Desirable criteria

• Experience within a customer facing role, such as retail or hospitality
  
  

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of “Supply Chains”
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Good communication skills
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Good time management and organisation skills
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Numerical skills
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Problem solving skills
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Strong team ethic
  
  

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Flexible approach to working hours and location
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Attention to detail
  
  

If you apply for this vacancy and have not received a communication from North Bristol NHS Trust within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

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North Bristol NHS Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.

At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.

Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.