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Job summary

Main area
Procurement
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
12 months (Fixed term for 12 months)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
160-6831995
Employer
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/01/2025 23:59

Employer heading

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust logo

Category Lead

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

Health Procurement Liverpool (HPL) is a single shared procurement service for:
• Alder Hey Children’s Hospital;
• Clatterbridge Cancer Centre;
• Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital;
• The Walton Centre.

HPL was established in April 2021 and is hosted by The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust. Each of the organisations named above is an equal partner in the service and is responsible for the strategic direction of the function. HPL is fully accountable to all organisations and Trust boards. The HPL vision is to develop a world class health procurement alliance, which creates opportunities, delivers excellence, embraces innovation and maximises value to patient care, whilst ensuring financial sustainability.

Staff will be required to work agile and flexibly across multiple hospital sites (where appropriate).

The Category Lead will work as part of the Procurement Team to ensure that the purchase of all goods and services are undertaken in the most efficient and effective manner across Health Procurement Liverpool (HPL), whilst adhering to the Trust(s) standing financial instructions and corporate governance procedures.

Main duties of the job

The main responsibility will be to manage concurrent projects to ensure the Trust(s) meet annual Cost Improvement Programmes, whilst abiding by relevant Procurement legislation.

The Category Lead will be responsible for supporting the Senior Category Lead and Procurement and Contract Manager in the delivery of the HPL Procurement Strategy and national procurement agendas.

The post holder will be required to support the Strategic Procurement Team in the identification and delivery of Procurement schemes as well as individually leading and delivering a number of projects, which will demonstrate and deliver value for money and innovation whilst meeting the needs of all organisation(s).


The post holder will be required to provide sound Procurement advice in-line with Trust(s) standing financial instructions and Public Contract Regulations  to both internal Procurement team members and staff across the HPL organisations.


The post holder will work closely with business and clinical colleagues across all HPL organisations to undertake procurement activity which will deliver innovation, meets local, national and regional green agendas whilst delivering value and quality to patient care.

The Category Lead will be responsible for all aspects of purchasing from quotations up to and including above threshold procurement exercises as per the Public Contract Regulations.

Working for our organisation

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification
document for detailed information about the job description for this vacancy

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Qualified or part qualified MCIPS (Level 4/Diploma upwards), actively working towards or equivalent experience
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
  • A good standard of general education incl. GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • MCIPS qualified
  • Evidence of continued professional development

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Relevant experience in an NHS public sector procurement environment
  • Fully conversant with the application of EU/UK procurement legislation/tendering processes & procedures
  • Experience of category management, stakeholder & supplier management
  • Previous experience of co-ordinating high value/complex tender exercises
  • Delivery of demanding savings targets through Procurement activities
  • Experienced in using a range of computer packages /applications
  • Experienced in the use of E-Procurement systems
Desirable criteria
  • Public sector Procurement experience
  • Line management experience
  • Understanding of the current / future NHS agenda in Procurement
  • Project management experience

Skills & Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Sound Data Analysis skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Excellent organisational skills to ensure deadlines are prioritised and met
  • Excellent Key Board Skills and proficient in the use of Microsoft Office tools in particular Word and Excel
  • Ability to build meaningful business relationship both internally across the organisation and externally with suppliers

Other

Essential criteria
  • Committed to delivering positive outcomes
  • High level of personal professionalism
  • Pro-active can do attitude
  • Can use own initiative to develop new ways of working/offer solutions
  • Committed to own personal development
  • Ability to share skills and knowledge with colleagues
  • Ability to work flexibly across multiple Trust sites

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
Emma Seed
Job title
Procurement and Contract Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07977730607