Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Store Assistant
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Eligibility Note
At this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare. Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses.
Contract Details
This post is offered on a part-time, annualised-hours contract, worked across a roster. Full-time hours will be worked from September to February, with reduced hours from March to August. The annualised hours are equivalent to 0.67 WTE.
The Store operates from 06:00 to 18:00, and the post holder will be required to work rostered 12-hour shifts covering these operating hours.
Role Responsibilities
- Responsible for supporting the operational management of the Immunisation Service
- Ensuring all goods are supplied correctly
- Maintaining records
- Storing and securing stocks
- Undertaking general office and warehouse duties
- Supporting with supervising deliveries
You will be:
- Highly motivated
- Flexible and multi-skilled
- Possessing excellent organisational skills
- Meeting deadlines
- Maintaining standards relating to store and administrative processes
- Being a proactive member of the team
- Sharing work streams where appropriate
Additionally, you will:
- Deputise for the Store Co-ordinator when required
- Coordinate the day-to-day work of Store Assistants
- Allocate tasks
- Act as the operational point of contact for the shift
- Liaise with the Team Manager, Clinical Leads, and other stakeholders to ensure the safe, efficient, and smooth running of the Store
- Escalate matters outside established procedures or the post holder’s level of authority
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Receive vaccine supplies into the store, reconcile orders against deliveries, and escalate any discrepancies. Ensure that stock and equipment is appropriately stored to ensure easy visibility for stock checking and picking and prevent damage to stock. Work to time scales to ensure that stock is picked from shelves into service-specific picking bays, for collection by logistics drivers or third-party courier. Accurate stock checks so that there is clear information about all equipment entering and leaving the store and visibility of where stock is being delivered to.
High satisfaction of service users achieved by excellent customer service and professional attitude of all team members and a good understanding of all stock issues, including stock deficiency, response to urgent requests, and stock rotation.
Sponsorship Note
Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of the right to work in the United Kingdom.
Integration Note
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is due to integrate with Medway Community Healthcare on 1 October 2026. Following integration and to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams, or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.
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About Us
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive, and Excellent.
We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.
Work-Life Balance
We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Matthew Beattie
Job title: Team Manager
Email address: matthew.beattie8@nhs.net
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