Job summary

Join Our Facilities Team and Help Keep Patient Care Moving

Are you someone who enjoys being active, working as part of a team, and making a real difference every day?

We're looking for a Distribution Team Member to join our Facilities Team at Musgrove Park Hospital. This vital role helps ensure essential items and services are delivered across the hospital site, supporting clinical teams and contributing directly to patient care.

Main duties of the job

No two days are the same. You'll work across the hospital delivering and collecting important items such as patient records, pharmacy supplies, laboratory specimens, linen, post, and clinical waste, helping our services run smoothly and efficiently.

As a Distribution Team Member, you will:

• Collect and deliver essential supplies and materials throughout the hospital.
• Support wards and departments by ensuring timely transportation of critical items.
• Work closely with clinical teams, estates, facilities colleagues, patients, visitors and volunteers.
• Respond to ad hoc service requests and support wider facilities operations.
• Assist with wayfinding and helping visitors navigate the hospital site.
• Support housekeeping standards across public areas.
• Participate in fire warden and helipad duties following appropriate training.
• Assist with portering tasks when required, including movement of furniture and linen deliveries.
• Ensure all work is completed safely and in line with Trust policies and procedures

If you're reliable, customer-focused, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and want a role where your work truly matters, we'd love to hear from you.

Join our Distribution Team and help keep our hospital running safely, efficiently and effectively.

About us

At Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, we're committed to supporting our employees with a range of benefits designed to enhance your professional and personal life. We offer:

• Flexible working options to help you balance work and life
• NHS pension scheme for long-term financial security
• Generous annual leave allowance to recharge and relax
• A strong focus on career development to help you grow and achieve your potential

Additionally, you'll gain access to our Blue Light Card, unlocking exclusive discounts on shopping, dining, and leisure activities, as well as NHS-specific perks to support you both inside and outside of work.

We are proud to foster a diverse, skilled, and inclusive workforce, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

Why Somerset? Somerset offers the perfect blend of idyllic countryside, outstanding areas of natural beauty, and breathtaking coastlines, with vibrant cities like Bristol, Bath, and Exeter just a short drive away - and only two hours to London.

The region is home to excellent educational facilities, and with affordable housing compared to other parts of the country, it's a great place to build both your career and your future.

Somerset truly has it all - the peaceful countryside and cosmopolitan city life, with something for everyone to enjoy.