Job Summary
To operate as part of the Trust buying team purchasing goods and services as required, in a timely, professional and efficient way ensuring that the Trust obtains best value.
To action requisitions and produce orders to external companies as and when required. This will involve negotiations and obtaining quotations.
To carry out tender and quotation exercises in a professional manner.
To carry out supplier selection in a professional manner, accurately meeting deadlines and communicating effectively to all appropriate, and relevant, parties.
To assist in reaching all purchasing and supply targets and strategies.
Main duties of the job
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
About Us
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon residents, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill, a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and outpatient and diagnostic services. In addition, Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding', and we are one of the best-performing Trusts in England:
* Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
* National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all we do.
* We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.
* Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and whether patient care is the organisation's top priority.
* Our workforce is amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey.
Date posted: 13 March 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 4
Salary: £26,530 to £29,114 a year plus high cost allowance
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 326-1350569-MH
Job locations: East Surrey Hospital, Canada Avenue, Redhill, RH1 5RH
Job Description
Responsibilities
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight.
Person Specification
Criteria Essential
* Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
* A complete and accurate application
* Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
* Evidence of essential experience for role
* Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
* Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
* Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
* Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification
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.
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.
Employer details
Employer name: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Address: East Surrey Hospital, Canada Avenue, Redhill, RH1 5RH
Employer's website: https://surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/
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