Procurement Specialist (Please note your employer will be SFT)

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

* Please note your employer will be Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust although you can be based at GWH, Swindon, or RUH, Bath or Salisbury District Hospitals.

Are you ambitious, would you welcome a challenge and embrace change?

We're looking for someone to join the B&NES Swindon and Wiltshire Acute Hospital Alliance Procurement Service delivering collaborative procurement and commercial support to Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT), Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GWH), Wiltshire Health and Care (WHC) and Royal United Hospital Bath (RUH).

This is an exciting time to join SFT, a service that is leading the way in procurement collaboration across the region and is recognise nationally by it's peers as an award winning leader in collaboration.

We are keen to develop the service and most importantly our people, we believe that our staff should be encouraged to develop, grow and embrace our values which will enable us to embrace innovation, deliver excellence and value within our procurement activities and strive to become a world class procurement function of the future.

This role is perfect for someone wanting to take that next step in their career or for someone looking for a new chapter in their career.

SFT will give you the platform to showcase your procurement skills, within a supportive and forward thinking team. If this sounds like the challenge for you, apply now!

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate(s) will have the flexibility to be based at any of the Trusts in Bath, Swindon or Salisbury and will undertake procurement activity for all Trusts within the B&NES Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care System (ICS) and consequently will be required to split their time across the organisations accordingly. This is a hybrid role with 2-3 days in the office.

The post holder will provide procurement advice to both internal and external customers ensuring that both clinical and non-clinical areas are supported, and enabling them to deliver effective patient care pathways.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visitingwww.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Date posted

21 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year Per annum (Pro rata for part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

249-5849933

Job locations

Can be RUH, GWH or SFT

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

Essential

A Level Maths, English, Business/Administration or equivalent National Diploma

Desirable

Level 4 Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and prepared to study for full professional accreditation.

Experience

Essential

Experience of working within a multifunctional business environment.
Experience in customer service.
Experienced in business/procurement administration
Conducted low value non-complex procurements e.g. obtaining competitive quotations. Understanding of purchasing processes from source to pay

Desirable

Previously worked in a NHS and/or public procurement environment.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Basic commercial and contractual acumen.
Good customer care attitude and skills.
Ability to work in a busy team environment.
Good, communication, time management and organisational skills. Confident and not easily phased.
Ability to operate as part of a team.
Ability to use own initiative Standard keyboard using Microsoft package e.g., Word

Desirable

Familiar with Procurement analytical, purchase to pay and contract management systems.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

Essential

A Level Maths, English, Business/Administration or equivalent National Diploma

Desirable

Level 4 Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and prepared to study for full professional accreditation.

Experience

Essential

Experience of working within a multifunctional business environment.
Experience in customer service.
Experienced in business/procurement administration
Conducted low value non-complex procurements e.g. obtaining competitive quotations. Understanding of purchasing processes from source to pay

Desirable

Previously worked in a NHS and/or public procurement environment.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Basic commercial and contractual acumen.
Good customer care attitude and skills.
Ability to work in a busy team environment.
Good, communication, time management and organisational skills. Confident and not easily phased.
Ability to operate as part of a team.
Ability to use own initiative Standard keyboard using Microsoft package e.g., Word

Desirable

Familiar with Procurement analytical, purchase to pay and contract management systems.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).