Role Summary
Provide professional and effective Logistics, Post and Waste services tailored to meet the needs of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and our patients ensuring compliance with legislation and regulations surrounding service provision.
Manage, monitor and report on Logistics, Post and Waste Management on a day to day basis.
To provide specialist insight to the Post, Waste and Logistics for budgetary and strategic decision making and be able to deputise for that person as appropriate
About the Role
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role:
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is looking to appoint an enthusiastic, dynamic and competent individual to join our team as the Operations Manager for the Post, Waste and Logistics Departments.
The successful candidate should be a confident leader and have a good understanding of and experience in managing multiple staff and who has good attention to detail, who is organised and flexible.
We are looking for someone approachable who practices a 'door always open' policy and someone the team look to when they need advice or just want a quick chat, someone who can motivate and develop a team of staff to ensure client expectations are exceeded and targets met.
Responsibilities of the Operations Manager will include:
- The day to day line management of the Post, Waste and Logistics Department staff including management of PDRs, sickness, annual leave, disciplinary and grievance matters, training, recruitment, and departmental workload.
- Efficiently manage the rosters in order to support the operations of the services.
- Actively manage all day to day operational aspects of the Post, Waste and Logistics departments ensuring appropriate staffing, daily routes, consistently providing professional and effective services and the timely and cost effective distribution of stock, delivery of post and collection of waste to wards and departments. Ensuring that:
- Waste collections operate from all wards and departments 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in an efficient and timely manner.
- Goods In, Courier and Top-Up is provided / delivered to all departments in an efficient and timely manner.
- All courier deliveries to the loading bay are managed accordingly.
- The 60,000 – 70,000 items of mail per week are delivered internally and external items are processed in timely manner.
- Working with their Departmental Managers to ensure there are efficient and effective systems and Standing Operating Procedures (SOP) in place.
- Working with the Waste Departmental Manager to ensure that there is an efficient and effective systems and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) in place to ensure that all Waste movements are managed in timely and prioritised manner.
- To assist with any waste queries and work with the Waste Manager to investigate, implement and review Waste Management ensuring that the Trust remains compliant, that robust procedures and processes are in place and we meet the statutory and best practice guidelines associated with the Safe Management of Healthcare Waste (HTM 01-07).
- To monitor and ensure compliance with all relevant regulations, legislation and Trust policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Provide advice to Trust employees on logistics, post and waste activities.
- Deputise for the Post & Logistics and Waste Departmental Managers as appropriate.
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday, 8am - 4pm, however there will be a need to complete some late shifts to check in with those staff working 2pm-10pm shifts
Interview Date: Wednesday 8th March 2023
For further information please contact: Lucy Murray, Deputy Service Manager on 07795235112 or by email at: lucinda.murray@nhs.net
PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
