This role is a specialist position, with the post holder being responsible for Purchasing activities across Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust with specific responsibility for the Capital Assets, Leasing and Maintenance Team or Clinical Strategic Purchasing team.
MFT looks after ten hospitals in the Greater Manchester area and is looking to continue its mission of delivering a high functioning, sustainable single hospital service by recruiting this crucial role.
You would be joining the team in the Finance and Procurement Business Unit – a space that has been created to encourage flexible working, with state of the art modern facilities that will make your working life more rewarding.
Currently, this role operates on a mix of home working and thrice weekly office attendance which is non-negotiable and may be revised to full-time office attendance.
As you will need to take responsibility for procedural compliance and team leadership, you will need to have substantial strategic purchasing experience within a private or public sector organization. Committed to achieving full membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS), it would be beneficial (though not strictly necessary) to have some knowledge of clinical product procurement or capital equipment procurement within the NHS. Crucially, you will have exceptional communication and partnership skills, with the capacity to work directly with clinical stakeholders and procurement and supply chain colleagues.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate, so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organization to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and drive research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organization together.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Catriona Stevens Job title: Head of Purchasing Email address: catriona.stevens@mft.nhs.uk
Clinical: nicola.somers@mft.nhs.uk
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