Main area: PURCHASING OFFICER Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent: 37.5 Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
* Home or remote working
37.5 hours per week (flexible working pattern to be discussed at interview) Job ref 319-6938380KD
Site: Northumbria House, Town: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/02/2025 23:59
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost-effective living, great nightlife, and some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. This is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare!
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
* Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
* Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
* A range of flexible working opportunities
* Generous annual leave and pension scheme
* Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
* Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
* On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
* Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England.
Job overview
We are looking to appoint a well-motivated, outgoing, conscientious person to join our Purchasing team. The Purchasing Team consists of 5 Purchasing Officers and 2 Senior Purchasing Officers. The successful applicant will be expected to provide a Purchasing Service across the Trust, and work as part of the team based at Cobalt Business Park.
You must have previous experience of working in a Purchasing environment. You should also be PC literate with experience of Microsoft Packages. You should have analytical, verbal, and written communication skills and a confident telephone manner.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
The post is to be based at Cobalt Business Park, but the post holder may be required to work on other sites within the Trust.
Main purpose of the job is to provide an effective and efficient Purchasing service for medical and non-medical equipment, consumables, and services in accordance with the Trust’s Standing Orders and Financial Procedures. Ensuring all orders are promptly generated and expedited as appropriate, identifying suppliers, selecting products, negotiating prices and using your own initiative to resolve delivery and quality problems.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Knowledge of professional purchasing principles acquired through vocational level 3 qualification or Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) Foundation, or equivalent experience.
* Knowledge of contract law acquired through short courses and experience.
Experience & Knowledge
* Range of work procedures and practices, majority non-routine, intermediate level theoretical knowledge.
* A good level of awareness and understanding of Procurement terminology e.g. Transfer Point, delivery schedules.
* Deal confidently and helpfully with all levels of staffing within a hospital environment and with outside suppliers.
Skills and Abilities
* Good organisational skills.
* Ability to work without close supervision.
* Able to organise own workload to meet ordering deadlines.
* Ability to communicate confidently and effectively.
* Must be able to demonstrate the English language proficiency level required for this post.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.
Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.
Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.
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