Main area Procurement Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hybrid Working) Job ref 380-SS0636
Site Farm Villa Town Maidstone Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 30/03/2025 23:59 Interview date 07/04/2025
The CQC rates us as an Outstanding organisation for Caring with an overall rating of Good
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce across the Trust. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the Procurement team at KMPT.
Our team plays a pivotal role within the organisation, enabling the Trust to effectively purchase and contract manage its goods, services, and works requirements in compliance with UK legislation, NHS guidance, internal policy and best practice.
Playing a key part in the delivery of an effective and professional procurement service, the Procurement and Contracts Advisor delivers on-going cost efficiencies and wider benefits by managing a programme of procurement processes, in addition to providing specialist advice on contractual and commercial related issues.
You will support the team in the delivery of savings, ensuring fit for purpose contracts are in place, and by having an awareness of the importance of building positive relationships and taking a commercial pragmatic approach.
When completing your job application, please ensure you include a detailed statement within the ‘Supporting information’ section to demonstrate your suitability, and how you meet the role’s essential and (where relevant) desirable criteria. The statement should be specific to this position and an accurate reflection of your skills, experiences, accomplishments and aspirations. Generic, impersonal or potentially inaccurate responses may be more likely to be rejected at the screening stage.
Main duties of the job
* The role will be hybrid working, which includes a mixture of working from home and being office based. Occasional visits to operational sites may be required.
* You will lead and deliver a programme of procurement processes for the Trust which will include quotations, tenders (including above Threshold), and accessing framework agreements, ensuring value for money and excellent patient care is delivered.
* You will be required to develop excellent working relationships with all clinical and corporate stakeholders and to ensure that the service provided to internal customers is professional, responsive and of a high standard.
* You will deliver fit for purpose contracts that support the Trust's vision and values and deliver annual cashable savings along with wider efficiencies and social value benefits.
* You will support the Trust and operational leads with effective contract management to ensure performance and on-going value is delivered throughout the contract term. This includes providing technical advice on contract terms and conditions, dealing with contract disputes, and negotiation with suppliers.
Working for our organisation
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Our mission is what we set out to do every day We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people.
Our vision is where we want to be in the future To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and the main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Training, Qualifications and Registration
* Meets essential criteria for 'Training, Qualifications and Registration' as detailed in the Person Specification.
* Meets desirable criteria for 'Training, Qualifications and Registration' as detailed in the Person Specification.
Experience
* Meets essential criteria for 'Experience' as detailed in the Person Specification.
* Meets desirable criteria for 'Experience' as detailed in the Person Specification.
Knowledge and Skills
* Meets essential criteria for 'Knowledge and Skills' as detailed in the Person Specification.
* Meets desirable criteria for 'Knowledge and Skills' as detailed in the Person Specification.
Your employer pays 23.7% towards your pension and life assurance benefits.
27 days for full time or pro rata if part time.
After 5 years NHS service
29 days full time or pro rata if part time.
After 10 years NHS service
33 days full time or pro rata if part time.
Plus bank holidays, that’s up to 41 days - more than 8 weeks paid time off!
Medical staffs have national Terms and Conditions. Buying and selling of annual leave is also available as part of our flexible approach to staff benefits.
Statutory and occupational maternity, paternity or adoption leave
Dependent on length of NHS service.
Other paid/unpaid leave
This can be for Jury Service, Reserved Armed Forces, etc. This is paid outside of annual leave.
Non-paid leave for career breaks.
Staff Support
KMPT offers a face to face counselling service for any issues not just work related problems.
NHS discounts and shopping vouchers
Staff can sign up for Red Guava, PS discounts and Health Service Discounts to receive a variety of discounts in travel, fashion, technology, mobile phone contracts, food and drink, days out etc.
Learning and Development opportunities
In addition to the mandatory subjects there are a number of leadership, management and staff topic areas, including coaching and mentoring.
Induction
KMPT is committed to supporting all new staff and this includes a comprehensive Induction programme. The programme's duration depends on role and can be from 2 days to 4 weeks (not always consecutive days).
The Induction programme will provide an excellent opportunity for new staff to meet and engage with KMPT’s subject specialists and include the required training.
The programme may involve some travel to the various training venues across Kent and Medway, the main ones being Canterbury, Maidstone and Dartford.
New starter bonus
At the Trust we really value our nurses and the skills they bring. To recognise this we offer a New Hire Bonus of £1200 pro rata for band 5 and 6 nursing staff.
Staff Network Forums
A variety of staff network forums which empower, support and encourage network members and allies, to reflect KMPT values and promote equality and diversity.
Lease car scheme, Cycle to work scheme, the list goes on………!
Probation Period
New employees external to Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust are subject to a six-month probationary period.
To deliver an effective service it is essential in some of our roles that you are able to travel between work bases in a timely manner.
Production of false or forged documents/qualifications in order to obtain employment is a criminal offence and will be reported to the Police.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Certain roles are subject to criminal record checks called Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Therefore, you will be required to submit a completed Disclosure form to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
KMPT are signed up to NHS England's Sexual Safety in Health Care Organisational Charter
KMPT takes a systematic zero-tolerance approach to tackle any unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours within the workplace and in our care provision. We are committed to sexual safety which encompasses prevention, support and decisive action against perpetrators. We are committed to keeping you and our patients safe.
KMPT is creating an environment for equal opportunities for all, where we canALL be ourselves.
We take pride in our services – which are underpinned by our Trust values:
* Respect - We value people as individuals, we treat others as we would like to be treated.
* Openness - Work in a collaborative, transparent way.
* Accountability - We are professional and responsible for our actions.
* Working together - We work together to make a difference for our service users.
* Innovation - We find creative ways to run efficient, high quality services.
* Excellence - We listen and learn to continually improve our knowledge and ways of working.
In cases where we receive a high volume of applications for a post, it may be necessary to bring the closing date forward. Please submit your completed application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Due to the high volume of applications received, it is not possible to respond individually to your application. Should you not hear from us within six weeks of the vacancy closing, please assume that your application has not been successful.
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Name Jake Fisher Job title Procurement & Contracts Manager Email address jake.fisher@nhs.net Telephone number 01622926732
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