Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- 4
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - Various
- Job ref
- 824-BANK-060666754
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- London
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £15.49 Weekly pay will include: Basic pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 08/05/2024 08:00
Employer heading
Bank Buyer band 4
4
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
We are looking for two buyers to join our team of bank workers. One role will be based at Mount Vernon Hospital and another role will be based at another west London location. Training on use of the ordering system, if required, will be provided.
Why join?
- Earn more per hour - bank rates are higher than agency and include holiday pay. We also cover your expenses and provide free uniforms
- See the best shifts first – bank staff get priority over all agency workers
- Book the shifts you want on your phone – build your own rota on our bank booking system
- Get 24x7 support from our friendly Staff Bank team – a local team dedicated to helping you
- Access NHS benefits – such as NHS pension contributions and discounts
- Access Trust benefits – get support with your career development and mental health
- Become part of an integrated team – feel more valued and supported in your work
Main duties of the job
Buyers help ensure that goods and services are bought as efficiently as possible and in compliance with procurement rules. Good customer service, ability to work to deadlines, good work ethic and ability to understand and apply buying rules are essential.
Working for our organisation
NWL Procurement Services (“NWL PS”) is part of Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust, and
provides procurement and supply chain management services across all members (“NWL Members”).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Buyer will work under the direction of the Senior Buyer to:
- Ensure that opportunities to leverage existing contracts are proactively identified and implemented in
accordance with NWL PS governance.
• Execute sourcing activity in accordance with NWL PS governance and wider legislation.
• Follow measures implemented to identify and avoid disaggregation of requirements to avoid full tender.
• Work in accordance with the direction of the Senior Buyer to support delivery of the Service Level
Agreement KPIs and internal NWL PS performance improvement metric targets.
Person specification
Criteria
Essential criteria
- • A good standard of education including English & maths or equivalent. • Minimum of 2 years relevant Purchasing experience. • Working knowledge of Purchase Order Process systems • Administration experience within a busy office environment • Team based working • Basic negotiating skills • Ability to prioritise workload • Good communication skills both written & verbal • Good knowledge of all Microsoft products • Project management • Ability to work under pressure • Flexible approach to both hours and work • Ability to work on own initiative
Desirable criteria
- • Previous NHS/Public Sector experience • Basic contract experience • Database Maintenance Good level of influencing skills
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
- shannon scott
- Job title
- Bank Recruitment Business Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
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