Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Procurement Team at Shropshire Healthcare Procurement Service as a Clinical Procurement Nurse.
You will report to the Head of Strategic Procurement and form part of a team who delivers a professional procurement service in achieving significant efficiencies for the three Shropshire NHS Trusts.
The post holder will be expected to provide professional procurement advice, and to lead the procurement process to deliver best value and service to the member Trusts.
Main duties of the job
- To work with the procurement team, nurses, clinical staff and other stakeholders to identify products where quality can be maintained or enhanced, and costs can be reduced.
- To work with the procurement team and multiple clinical stakeholders to consider innovative / alternative procurement linked care pathways / value-based procurement opportunities.
- To help the Trust specific Product Evaluation Groups and the newly created System Product Evaluation Group with clinical procurement guidance on the introduction / swapping of products to create a better patent experience / create efficiencies and cost savings.
- To take overall management for the delivery of specified clinical procurement projects requiring specialist qualified nursing / midwifery or other qualified practitioner knowledge and skills and to do so in prescribed timelines
About us
Join us at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, where our passion for excellence drives everything we do. We're on a mission to provide high quality, safe care to our patients, in an environment our incredible staff are proud to work in. Our vision, 'To provide excellent care for the communities we serve,' is not just a statement; it's a promise we live by every day. Guided by our core Values - Partnering, Ambitious, Caring, and Trusted - we're determined to make a real difference in the lives of those who matter most: our patients and their families. As an organisation we strive to provide high quality, safe care for our patients in an environment which our staff are proud to work in. We believe that by adhering to our Vision ("To provide excellent care for the communities we serve") and working with our Trust Values in mind (Partnering, Ambitious, Caring, Trusted) we can achieve the right results for the people that matter most - our patients and their families. Shropshire Healthcare Procurement Service (SHPS) is a shared service delivering professional procurement services for The Shrewsbury & Telford Hospitals NHS Trust, The Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust. Shropshire Healthcare Procurement Service are a high achieving team who play a pivotal role in cost improvement programme for the three Shropshire NHS Trusts.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Person Specification
Experience & knowledge
Essential
- oPost registration with current experience in acute clinical setting
- oHigh level clinical skills and knowledge
- oInvolvement in Nursing audit and Research
- oSubstantial experience of leading and managing a clinical team
- oManagerial ability
- oEvidence of coordinating and managing day to day operational issues on a regular basis
- oExperience in teaching and training of staff
- oExperience in undertaking a preceptor/mentor role
Desirable
- oAn awareness and understanding of national and local issues that affect Nursing and the NHS as a whole.
- oUp to date knowledge and understanding of nursing policy and practice relevant to speciality
- oA knowledge of procurement function and practises
- oLeadership ability
Qualifications
Essential
- oRGN
- oEvidence of Continuing Professional development/ qualification relevant to area of speciality
- oAn awareness and understanding of national and local issues that affect Nursing and the NHS as a whole. Up to date knowledge and understanding of nursing policy and practice relevant to speciality
Desirable
- oA knowledge of procurement function and practises
Person Specification
Experience & knowledge
Essential
- oPost registration with current experience in acute clinical setting
- oHigh level clinical skills and knowledge
- oInvolvement in Nursing audit and Research
- oSubstantial experience of leading and managing a clinical team
- oManagerial ability
- oEvidence of coordinating and managing day to day operational issues on a regular basis
- oExperience in teaching and training of staff
- oExperience in undertaking a preceptor/mentor role
Desirable
- oAn awareness and understanding of national and local issues that affect Nursing and the NHS as a whole.
- oUp to date knowledge and understanding of nursing policy and practice relevant to speciality
- oA knowledge of procurement function and practises
- oLeadership ability
Qualifications
Essential
- oRGN
- oEvidence of Continuing Professional development/ qualification relevant to area of speciality
- oAn awareness and understanding of national and local issues that affect Nursing and the NHS as a whole. Up to date knowledge and understanding of nursing policy and practice relevant to speciality
Desirable
- oA knowledge of procurement function and practises
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
