The Materials Management team currently consists of 19 Materials Management Assistants, each provide a Materials Management service to selected areas within the UEL managed service areas.  

This role will be key in ensuring the right consumables are the right place, at the right time, to ensure that the clinical services are able to treat patients efficiently and effectively, with support from a dedicated management team within UEL. 

The service supports the operating theatres, operating labs and a number of other areas of a 24/7 acute teaching Hospital (University Hospital Southampton). Providing major trauma and countless tertiary services across the South of England. Ensuring that the correct theatre is available, with the correct equipment, the correct consumables and surgical instrumentation, at the correct time.