Job Overview
This role has a flexible base at either RUH Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Swindon) or Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
“Please note: we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position.”
Are you ambitious, would you welcome a challenge and embrace change?
We’re looking for someone to join the B&NES Swindon and Wiltshire Acute Hospital Alliance Procurement Service delivering collaborative procurement and commercial support to Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT), Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GWH), Wiltshire Health and Care (WHC) and Royal United Hospital Bath (RUH).
This is an exciting time to join SFT, a service that is leading the way in procurement collaboration across the region and is recognise nationally by it’s peers as an award winning leader in collaboration.
We are keen to develop the service and most importantly our people, we believe that our staff should be encouraged to develop, grow and embrace our values which will enable us to embrace innovation, deliver excellence and value within our procurement activities and strive to become a world class procurement function of the future.
This role is perfect for someone wanting to take that next step in their career or for someone looking for a new chapter in their career.
SFT will give you the platform to showcase your procurement skills, within a supportive and forward thinking team.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate(s) will have the flexibility to be based at any of the Trusts in Bath, Swindon or Salisbury and will undertake procurement activity for all Trusts within the B&NES Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care System (ICS) and consequently will be required to split their time across the organisations accordingly. This is a hybrid role with 2-3 days in the office.
The post holder will provide procurement advice to both internal and external customers ensuring that both clinical and non-clinical areas are supported, and enabling them to deliver effective patient care pathways.
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please see Advert and Job Description attached.
The successful candidate will have the flexibility to be based any of the 3 Trusts:
- Royal United Hospitals in Bath NHS Foundation Trust
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- 2 years Administration Experience
Desirable criteria
- Procurement Experience
Please note – Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered unless an alternative right to work solution can be provided. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa e.g. those with graduate visa’s) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying: Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview – GOV.UK
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
- JD (PDF, 424.6KB)
- Join the RUH (PDF, 1.3MB)
Further details / informal visits contact
Name Jen HykinJob title Head of Operational Procurement and SystemsEmail address jennifer.hykin1@nhs.netTelephone number 01722 444101
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