Description
Spire Southampton Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Bank Stores Assistant to join our Stores team on a bank/ad-hoc basis.
As a Stores Assistant, you will be supporting the smooth running of the hospital by ensuring departments receive the stock, consumables, and supplies they need in a timely, accurate, and efficient way. You will help maintain effective stock control, process deliveries, support ordering activity, and ensure stock is stored safely and appropriately across the hospital.
Responsibilities:
- Receive, check, and process deliveries from suppliers and the National Distribution Centre.
- Distribute stock and non-stock items to hospital departments.
- Support daily stock control, top-up counts, and stock replenishment.
- Ensure all goods are matched accurately to purchase orders and recorded correctly.
- Help maintain safe, organised, and clearly labelled stores areas.
- Support stock rotation to minimise waste and ensure out-of-date stock is not used.
- Liaise with internal teams, suppliers, and colleagues to resolve stock queries in a timely manner.
Requirements:
- Previous experience in a stores, supplies, or stock control role is essential, and experience within healthcare would be an advantage.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- A methodical approach with strong attention to detail.
- Good literacy and numeracy skills.
- Confidence using IT systems, including Microsoft Office.
- The ability to work independently, prioritise workload, and meet deadlines.
- An awareness of Health & Safety and COSHH would be beneficial.
Benefits:
- Bank colleagues are paid weekly.
- Access to Spire Healthcare pension.
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts.
- Free uniform.
- Free DBS.
- Full induction, including mandatory training updates.
- Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts.
- Knowledge, support, and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team.
- Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options.
- ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers.