Clinical Procurement Specialist Odstock, England
Job description
Do you want to make a difference? Do you want to work in a fast moving, dynamic, results driven department focused on building strong working relationships with its clinical stakeholders? Do you want to share in the pride associated with working for the NHS?
We are looking to recruit a Clinical Procurement Specialist CPS) to join our Procurement team based at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Salisbury. You will be part of a team of three CPS’s across the Banes, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care System (BSW ICS) that play a pivotal role in helping to ensure that our procurement activities across the wider ICS Clinical Sourcing team are patient focussed, help meet the requirements of the clinical services in delivering high quality care to our patients and ensuring that clinical products selected are safe and effective.
Wider requirements to collaborate across the BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care System will be essential part of day to day activity and therefore there will be a requirement for some travel across the region to all 3 acute Trusts and occasionally to other sites.
We are looking to recruit a passionate, commercially aware registered nurse or theatre practitioner for an exciting opportunity within our established ICS Procurement team, providing a customer focused service to support and enable the delivery of significant savings across the BSW ICS without compromising quality and clinical care.
The ideal candidate will be a dynamic individual with an ability to build strong cooperative relationships, supporting the vision and aims of our organisation. A critical requirement should be a willingness to learn and thrive in a dynamic environment whilst providing support and a strong approach to team working.
Creating strong customer relationships and networks across the Trusts and wider NHS will be vital to drive innovation and continuous improvement across all our procurement activities. Acting as a clinical expert, you will support the procurement teams to drive and influence change, representing the Trusts at a local and national level both within the NHS and externally.
We need you to be a self-starter, tenacious and adaptable with excellent relationship management skills such that you can champion the Procurement Vision whilst delivering the aims of the numerous divisions you will be working with. You need to have a willingness to learn, be resilient and able to thrive in an ever changing, often demanding environment, embracing a team approach to success.
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 visitingwww.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
