Supply Chain Team Leader

The Procurement & Supply Chain directorate currently have a vacancy for a Supply Chain Team Leader (Band 4) to work in our evolving supply chain team delivering a materials management and receipt & distribution service to our sites.

The Supply Chain department is going through a period of exciting and challenging change with the introduction of new systems, hospitals and working practices. To make this work we need the very best people with substantial supply chain, people and change skills willing and eager to be part of the transformation.

Applicants should ideally have a sound knowledge of supply chain/logistics practice and some management/leadership experience in the NHS or a similar large complex organisation. You must be confident, articulate and an aspiring leader able to make assess supply chain issues, make appropriate decisions, understand related systems, communicate effectively with customers and also motivate your team. You will also be a key link between your team and your supervisor and senior managers providing support, advice and cover when your supervisor is off site.

Applicants must also be able to work across all UCLH sites as required and must be physically fit.

To support the Site Supervisor & Supply Chain Manager to deliver the service of managing the supply of medical consumables, non-medical consumables (exclusions are capital purchases, Sterile Services products, and Pharmaceuticals) to user departments across all UCLH sites.

• To deliver excellence in the internal supply chain service and all its associated areas including receiving, checking, receipt, distribution, ordering, store management and maintaining appropriate stock levels.
• IT literacy is important as the service has a growing reliance on systems and the integration of systems to improve efficiency.
• To support the site team and its supervisor (site manager).
• Candidates must have a collaborative, supportive and work orientated ethic with a strong empathy for equality, diversity and inclusivity and an understanding of the importance of the trust values in all aspects of our work.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically-led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
Eastman Dental Hospital
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospitals at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values – safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.

You will need to demonstrate that you are a good team player and able to work across multiple clinical based storage areas. You must have excellent customer service skills and the ability to react positively and helpfully under pressure in a complex and demanding environment. Importantly you must be a people person able to lead but also empathise, support but also deliver and you must set the example for your team members in terms of behaviour, actions and a desire to be the best person and service for our patients. Above all you must at all times live and behave in accordance with the Trust values

You will need to be a highly motivated individual with good organisational skills with a keen eye for detail. You must be able to demonstrate effective problem solving skills to ensure that all aspects of the supply chain service works to the benefit of the trust especially in terms of supply chain and financial management. If this is you we’d be delighted to consider your application, however, if you applied to our recent recruitment but were not short-listed please do not apply again for this role.