Job summary
- Main area
- Procurement
- Grade
- ATLAS Level 7 (Qualified Level 8)
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 382-ATL65-24
- Employer
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Blackpool Victoria Hospital
- Town
- Blackpool
- Salary
- £32,262 - £44,756 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Procurement Officer
ATLAS Level 7 (Qualified Level 8)
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
Please note that this role is advertised on behalf of Atlas BFW Management Ltd (Atlas), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and as such, successful applicant(s) will be on Atlas Terms and Conditions. For further information about Atlas, please visit: www.bfwml.co.uk
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Procurement Officer to join the Procurement Team at Atlas BFW Management Ltd.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your procurement career in a dynamic and challenging environment.
Candidates must also demonstrate an understanding of the forthcoming changes to Procurement Regulations.
Main duties of the job
As a Procurement Officer, the main duties of the role will involve, but is not limited to:
- Work with the Procurement Manager to develop and deliver a comprehensive and maintained sourcing plan, focused on delivering prioritised customer needs.
- Lead of tendering activities via the Atamis system
- Provide line management for the Procurement Administrator role
- Apply commercial acumen and utilise skills to deliver in a complex changing environment
- Apply innovative and strategic thinking to continuous service improvement initiatives and be prepared to challenge historical practice when appropriate, ensuring best practice is adopted which improves the efficiency and effectiveness of the Procurement team.
- Assist the Procurement Manager with the operational management and performance monitoring of the whole Procurement team in line with departmental Key Performance Indicators (KPI's).
- This is an office-based role based at Blackpool Victoria Hospital in Blackpool with the flexibility of home working to suit the demands of the role and department. This will be discussed in detail at interview stage.
Working for our organisation
As experts in healthcare facilities and property management, we deliver fully-managed healthcare facilities services and property management solutions to clients throughout Lancashire and South Cumbria.
We are a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This means that we part of the Trust’s group and the wider NHS family, but are a separate Limited Company, with our own business plan, board, management structure and staff.
Any profits that we make are used to help grow our business, provide additional employment, training and development for our staff, whilst helping to support the Trust’s frontline clinical services, and the delivery of safe patient care.
Our healthcare facilities services and property management solutions encompass: Capital Developments, Estates Management, Facilities Management, Medical Engineering and Property Services.
Our teams ensure our clients properties and amenities provide the best environment for their customers, patients, staff and visitors.
Visit: bfwml.co.uk for further information.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Candidates must be able to demonstrate their application of procurement, commercial & negotiation skills; relationship management for internal and external stakeholders. To be successful in this post, the candidate will be of a continuous improvement mindset; demonstrable track record in delivering creative and innovative service improvement solutions; ensure policies and procedures are adhered to ensuring strategic and operational targets are delivered.
For a detailed insight into the main responsibilities for the Procurement Officer role, please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant Degree
- Demonstrable record of continuing professional development.
Desirable criteria
- Formal relevant professional qualification e.g. Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply or equivalent training and experience
- Procurement Act 2023 Transforming Public Procurement Accreditation
Experience: General
Essential criteria
- Willingness to cover for other members of the team during absences.
- The ability to work as part of a team or independently.
- Advanced IT skills with knowledge of specialist software for contract management, electronic catalogue, and e-procurement systems. Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and Power-Point.
Experience and Knowledge: Specialist
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of working in a contract or procurement environment and of managing staff within this environment.
- Experience of using a contract management system to evidence obtaining value for money and delivering a quality service to end customers.
- Experience of contract negotiations, demonstrable influencing and negotiation skills and evidence of leading procurement initiatives.
- Experience of working with other departments to develop comprehensive and accurate specifications for goods and or services in a timely manner.
- Demonstrable evidence of providing commercial and or contractual advice and guidance to both senior and junior staff from other departments.
- Experience of working with specialists to draft contracts for the purchase of goods and services. Evidence of reviewing contracts for goods and services.
- Evidence of ongoing training and development to ensure that these skills are kept up to date and relevant.
- Experience of preparing overall and specific contract reports which are used to inform senior management of the status of all contracts.
- Evidence of gaining an understanding managing contracts & tenders in a regulated environment
- Experience within a complex and challenging environment.
- Experience of managing relationships with multiple stakeholders.
- Professional, clear, and effective communication and presentation skills.
- Evidence of delivering a consistent level of service to internal and external service users and of seeking ways to improve the service.
- Evidence of good time management skills whilst managing multiple priorities.
- Demonstrable experience of evaluating and presenting complex data to a wide range of stakeholders.
Desirable criteria
- Use of special computer packages e.g. Oracle & Atamis
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kate Maskery
- Job title
- Procurement Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 123 1133
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