Deputy Head of Sourcing and Contract Management

1 week ago

Bath, United Kingdom Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

* Please note your employer will be Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust although you can be based at GWH, Swindon, or RUH, Bath or Salisbury.

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust have combined their procurement and supply chain management teams into one function that will support the Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care System (ICS). The function will be run on a hub and spoke model with Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust as the host organisation. The Deputy Head of Sourcing will support the Head of Sourcing in the management of an experienced Sourcing Team and will ensure that it operates within public sector policy, the NHS legal framework and its internal operating budget to successfully achieve its objectives year on year. This shall include the delivery of demonstrable and incremental cash releasing and efficiency savings, which form part of the cost improvement plans of BSW constituent organisations.

Compliant with Standing Financial Instructions, Standing Orders and Procurement Policy, which have been standardised where possible, the post holder will operationally manage the BSW ICS sourcing work with clinical divisions/directorates and corporate departments to deliver opportunities for EU compliant added value procurement, contracting and improved cost effective supply arrangements, without detriment to services or patient care and in line with agreed service levels.

Main duties of the job

The Deputy Head of Sourcing will oversee a Sourcing Team that is dispersed across the 3 acute hospital sites and deliver efficiency savings through a pre-agreed annual work plan, working with Divisional/Directorate leads and Financial Services to produce the most advantageous commercial arrangements for each constituent organisation within the BSW ICS construct. The Deputy Head of Sourcing will be exposed to complex/high spend procurement projects, which will require a high level of commercial acumen and expertise in a diverse range of product and service categories.

The Deputy Head of Sourcing will work closely with the Head of Sourcing, Supply Chain Co-ordination Limited (NHS Supply Chain) and national category towers to deliver sustainable annual efficiency savings in line with each trusts cost improvement plan.

Focusing on non-pay, the Deputy Head of Sourcing will be responsible for managing a portfolio of projects associated with each trust non-pay cost improvement plan and collaboration agenda.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

This is a full-time post ( hours per week) the location is flexible and can be either based at RUH Bath NHSFT, Salisbury NHSFT or Great Western Hospitals NHSFT in Swindon.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Evidence of non-pay planning and delivering incremental savings. General understanding of purchasing & contracting.

Education, Qualifications and Training

Essential

Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Educated to degree level min 2:1 in business or another related subject.

Desirable

Master's Degree Good standard of general management qualifications Project Management/ Prince 2 Practitioner

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