Job summary
- Main area
- Procurement
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 156-6414340
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Cornwall Hospital
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
General Buyer
Band 4
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a vibrant, dynamic, experienced and award winning Procurement team, working in one of the most beautiful and sought after regions of the country.
You will be joining a forward thinking Finance and Procurement Department that puts the needs of our patients, Trust colleagues and each other at the heart of everything we do. The department places great focus on staff wellbeing and currently delivers its service through a blended model of flexible working on-site at the hospital and remotely from home and/or other sites.
Cornwall NHS Procurement Service provides a fully inclusive procurement service to both Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust and Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, and a transactional service to the Integrated Care Board.
The fully inclusive service includes end to end sourcing, tendering, contracting, purchasing, order processing, catalogue management and inventory management.
Main duties of the job
The General Buyer is responsible for administering the contracts database and liaising with stakeholders to ensure record keeping is up to date and process followed to ensure conformity with national protocols. This post holder will be required to collect and analyse data. The General Buyer is required to provide advice and guidance to Procurement and Trust colleagues in respect of Public Procurement Regulations, Contract Law, and general contracting issues.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Work health assessments
- Criminal record check standards
- Right to work checks
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 5 GCSE O Levels or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- ECDL or similar
- NVQ 2 in Admin or Procurement or eqivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Use of computerised ordering and database systems
- Recent experience in purchasing products
Desirable criteria
- Practical Experience in a Procurement Environment
- Experience in tendering and contracting for products, requiring a knowledge of Contract Law and Public Procurement Regulations
- Experience in using electronic requisitioning and ordering systems
- Experience in use of Access databases
Practical Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent written, verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to handle and respond to a large volume of telephone calls
- Organisation and planning skills and dealing with frequent interruptions
- Good IT / clerical skills particularly in the use of Microsoft Office products
- Ability to cope under pressure
- Customer service skills
- Ability to prioritise a varied workload
Disposition
Essential criteria
- Flexible; Highly motivated; Proactive individual and effective team player; Methodical.
Training
Essential criteria
- Willing to undertake training
- Willing to study for professional procurement qualifications
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lauren Glendinning
- Job title
- Systems and Compliance Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07909 477743
- Additional information
If you are interested in the role, we’d really like to hear from you. You are welcome to get in touch with our colleagues listed below:
Lauren Glendinning on 07909 477743or email: [email protected]
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