Receipt and Distribution Operative

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

8/6/2025

• Accurate and timely delivery of all goods to wards and department ensuring an audit trail exists via Receipt and Distribution
• To ensure all goods are delivered to Wards and Departments in a safe manner using equipment provided.
• Maintaining copies of all signatures for “signed for” items.
• Reporting to the Receipt & Distribution Manager any accident or incident.
• Reporting of faults to equipment, uniform and PPE to the Receipt and Distribution Manager.
• To make sure deliveries of stock and non-stock items are delivered within the Trust guidelines.
• To ensure all returns are collected in timely manner for return to suppliers.
• To ensure continuous improvements in all aspects of service delivery
• Work with the managements teams to identify improvements.
• To liaise with the NHS Supplies and all procurements departments for all receipt and distribution issues
• Together with respective managers, contribute to the investigation of all complaints received regarding Services and take remedial action to minimise repetition.
• To safeguard all items until delivery to the end user.
• Use handheld computer/VDU; manipulation of trolleys, cages, electrical vehicles and stacking pallets.
• Where reasonable support other Services as requested by the Receipt & Distribution.
• From time to time support other Receipt & Distribution roles
  
  

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jan Turner Job title: Operations Manager,Logistics Email address: [email protected]