The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Procurement Officer
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Job Description
The successful candidate will work to assist the Senior Procurement Officers, Deputy Head of Procurement and Assistant Director - Procurement in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of Strategic Procurement, in accordance with the Trusts Standing Financial Instructions (SFI’s) and procurement procedures, to help deliver value for money for the trust.
Under the direction of a Senior Procurement Officer, the successful candidate will be the procurement lead for allocated work streams and projects, managing their own workload, and supporting the Deputy Head of Procurement and Assistant Director – Procurement in the provision of a professional purchasing and supply service to the Trust.
The post holder will be required to undertake specific projects delivering against agreed timescales and outcomes for Trust Departments and Divisions.
The post holder will hold or be studying towards the professional diploma of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply or have equivalent experience in a busy procurement department.
The trust reserves the right to close the applications before the deadline should a suitable number of applications be received
To assist and manage the procurement of the full range of Trust contracts for goods and services working within the public sector procurement policy and legal framework. These will be for high value complex contracts above procurement limits as well as those below.
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- Support Trust Departments and Divisions in ensuring they comply with procurement legislation, UK law and Trust Standing Financial Instructions.
- The post holder must be able to work as part of a team, ensuring that relevant procurement information is disseminated throughout the Procurement department as necessary.
- Support the Deputy Head of Procurement and Senior Procurement Officers and under their direction lead a range of procurement projects to deliver against the procurement workplan and cost improvement programme.
- Under the general direction of the Senior Procurement Officers and Deputy Head of Procurement prepare and issue tender documentation, evaluate and assist with the negotiation of tenders received against the specification, and prepare analytical summaries in preparation for contract awards, ensuring that all contracts maintain fair and equal competition.
- To liaise with the stakeholders and other project representatives to determine precise requirements in terms of specification and other clinical or user-based requirements.
About The Christie
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, looking after more than 64,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 25% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
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- We are the largest radiotherapy provider in the NHS with one in 20 treatments delivered at The Christie. We have up to 15 linear accelerators operating across our network of sites.
- We operate the largest chemotherapy unit in the UK on our main site and treatments are also provided at 13 other networked sites, and in patients homes.
- And as a specialist tertiary surgical centre, we focus on rare cancers, complex procedures, and multidisciplinary approaches to cancer surgery, specialising in colorectal, peritoneal, gynaecological, urological and plastic surgery.
We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We have been named by the UK’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as one of the best hospitals providing opportunities for patients to participate in clinical research studies, with more than 800 studies open at any time, caring for over 3,000 patients.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Christopher Robson
- Job title: Deputy Head of Procurement
- Email address: christopher.robson4@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 0161 446 8531
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