A Vacancy at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Do you want to make a difference and join an award-winning procurement team? Do you want to work in a fast moving, dynamic, results driven department focused on building strong working relationships with its stakeholders? Do you want to share in the pride associated with working for the NHS? We are looking to recruit a Procurement Manager to join our non-Clinical IT Team and our Clinical Sourcing Team to provide a customer centric service to drive the sourcing of value for money products and services to support the delivery of high-quality clinical care to our patients.
The successful candidates will have the flexibility to be based at either in Royal United Hospitals in Bath, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust or Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Swindon.
Support a Sourcing workstream that embraces ICS working with an operating model aligned to the Procurement Strategy and Target Operating Model for NHS procurement, NHS Procurement Standards and ‘Carter Performance Metrics’
Work as part of a resilient and sustainable ‘Go To’ workstream that is professional, fit for purpose, innovative and embraces the values and behaviours of the BSW constituent organisations, recognising good procurement practice as a business imperative.
Help develop and implement the strategy for a varied purchasing portfolio consisting of Goods, Services or Works, ensuring that all procurement is undertaken in accordance with European Public Procurement Regulations, Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions and operational requirements of the Trust.
Identify and negotiate the most effective level and method of purchase to meet the needs of the customer and deliver significant savings and service enhancements expressed in financial or other terms. Ensure data, product catalogues and systems reflect contracted prices.
Support the delivery of the workstream sourcing plan for BSW constituent organisations, including sustainable cost reductions, contract compliance, catalogue management and contract management.
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 visiting
Please find attached a full Job Description and Person Specification
**This role is being advertised on behalf of Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust in which you will be asked for permission for your application to be sent to them once it has closed**
This advert closes on Tuesday 11 Feb 2025
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