Band 2 Material Movement Operative - Logistics
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham, B15 2THView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£25,272
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
13 September 2026
2 days leftJob description
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the forward-thinking Logistics and Supply Chain team at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, part of University Hospit...
- Collect, handle, and manage waste materials from theatres, wards, and clinical areas, ensuring safe and compliant disposal procedures are followed.
- Transport and manage clean and contaminated theatre instruments, maintaining strict hygiene, safety, and infection control standards.
- Deliver stock, linen, food items (e.g. bread and milk), and post to designated departments using roll cages, pallets, and trolleys.
- Ensure timely and secure delivery of pharmacy supplies to wards and departments in line with Trust procedures.
- Operate a company 3.5-tonne vehicle safely and responsibly, adhering to road safety regulations and delivery schedules.
- Pick, pack, and prepare linen for hospital wards, ensuring accuracy, hygiene standards, and timely delivery.
- Scan and book in incoming orders using internal systems, ensuring accurate receipting, tracking, and prompt distribution to relevant departments.
- Pharmacy/Chemotherapy Deliveries
- Receipting and distribution of parcels.
- Ad hoc tasks such as collecting furniture for scrap
- In house LLOP/tug training.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Qualifications
Essential: - *Good Standard of General Education to GCSE or equivalent level (E); - *Willingness to undertake training and become competent in fire warden training.
Desirable: - *Driving license.
Experience
Essential: - *Working within a team.
Desirable: - *To have worked within a Hospital or similar environment .; - *Previous experience in a Logistics environment.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Reliable
- *Punctual
- *Motivated
- *Team Builder
- *Diplomatic
- *Confident
- *Committed
- *Multi Tasker
- *Relationship Builder
- *Persuasive
- *Hard working
- *Committed
- *Professional
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
7 September 2026
Last checked
8 September 2026
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