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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

About

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) is one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in the UK, with a national and international reputation for the excellence of its services and its role in teaching and research.

Find out more about the Trust on their web-site at www.ouh.nhs.uk

Watch how OUH goes about delivering compassionate excellence on the ouhnhs YouTube channel

Contact

Address: Oxford Univ Hosps NHS Foundation Trust; OUHC HR Department,; 3rd Floor Unipart House Business Centre; Garsington Road; Oxford; Oxfordshire; OX4 2PG
Contact Number: 01865 741186

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Ref: 321-CORP-6833362-B4-INT Vacancy ID: 6833362

Operational Procurement Buyer

Closed for applications on: 20-Jan-2025 00:03

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 20-Jan-2025 00:03

Location

Site: OUHC Cowley (WFH)
Town: Oxford
Postcode: OX4 2PG
Major / Minor Region: Oxfordshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract

Secondment: 6 months

Hours

Full time
Home or remote working

37.5 hours per week (Working on-site once a week)

Salary

Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 4)

Specialty

Main area: Buyer

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

To deliver an effective and efficient purchasing service to all served areas of the Trust to support the clinicians and front-line staff in the delivery of high-quality patient care.

To process non-stock requisitions and other demands from the end users to the agreed standards of performance, effectively from creating a purchase order throughout to its completion, with high accuracy and in a timely fashion.

To have a good understanding of purchasing and ordering procedures, relating to their own work and how they relate to the Trust’s Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions.

To ensure compliance with the Trust SFIs, procurement legislation, and departmental operations policies and procedures, and in accordance with the Trust procurement strategy.

To develop, promote and maintain effective working relationships with all relevant Trust staff to achieve a high degree of cooperation and coordination with other departments in the organisation.

To act as a liaison and maintain good communications with the Trust suppliers and partners to secure good vendor performance, including high quality, value for money, and timely deliveries.

To provide assistance in the procurement, investigate and resolve supplier / stakeholder queries, concerns, and discrepancies in a prompt and efficient manner

To conduct weekly reviews of the available holds reports to ensure any interruptions to the supply of goods and services are avoided, and to assure the Trust Finance meets and complies with its commitment to efficient invoice clearance as set out by the DoH.

To produce periodical reports for monitoring and analysis of business / procurement activities to identify improvement opportunities, buying patterns, and trends where procurement can add value, make efficiency and contribute to trust cost savings and to make recommendations for possible catalogue extensions and additions for regularly ordered items.

To assist the Strategic Procurement team with quotation and tender processes, within delegated authority, and help develop best practice procurement within the Trust.

To prioritise and organise own day-to-day workload, maintain and record performance data to ensure that accurate details of workload can be assessed.

To contribute to the professional development of the Purchasing team, to enhance good practice and procedures together with adequate controls.

The Buyers' team is an integral part of the award-winning Procurement & Supply Chain department and provides purchasing / operational procurement services in support of all Trust areas. Our remit includes purchasing all non-catalogue goods and services, both clinical and corporate. It also extends to close collaboration with end-users, stakeholders, strategic partners, finance, and suppliers to ensure compliance with the Trust SFIs, processes and procedures, but primarily to provide the most effective and efficient service for the delivery of high-quality patient care.

COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment , we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.

Vacancy Closures: Please note, this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications are received.

Probation Period: This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period. If you currently hold a contract of employment with the Oxford University Hospitals, this will not apply. This statement does not apply to Medical staff or Executive Appointments.

Referencing: When providing employment reference details please provide correct work related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your first referee will need to be your line manager, supervisor or clinical lead from your current or most recent post or place of study. Please note that if you have previously worked for the Trust we will require a reference from your last Manager, this information is essential if your offer of employment is to be confirmed.

Next Steps: Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the short-listing process, usually within 2 weeks. (Please note that shortlisting times vary when applying for a Medical position within the Trust). The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system; therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.

No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails.