Clinical Procurement Specialist Team Leader and Orthopaedics Lead

Job Summary

A newly formed Humber & North Yorkshire Procurement Collaborative hosted by Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will provide procurement and supply chain services to its Partner Trusts and may extend over time to service other bodies within the Integrated Care System.

You will work as a Clinical Procurement Specialist responsible for looking after Orthopaedics across all Partner Trusts but also managing a team of three Clinical Procurement Specialists who look at the wider clinical consumable portfolio one based at each Partner Trust. Acting as a clinical expert you will provide the link between Procurement and clinical colleagues across the Partner Trusts to support the delivery and development of improved performance across organisations by providing highly specialist clinical advice which supports the Partner Trusts in making safe clinical decisions in product choice and standardisation which promotes quality improvement.

You will lead plan and implement a variety of complex activities and change programmes across various clinical settings and ensure records are maintained challenging clinical colleagues in their product selection and use to support standardisation increase patient safety and deliver value for the all Partner Trusts.

Main duties of the job

Priority is to provide a first class service to clinicians and ward staff which means that they have the right product in the right place at the right time. You will focus on achieving best value for money reliability responsiveness and flexibility from suppliers wishing to work with the Partner Trusts. Using your highly developed specialist clinical knowledge expertise and experience you will work with clinicians and other staff to achieve and sustain significant reductions in nonpay expenditure and improvements in the purchasing and stock control functions without compromising the quality of patient care or clinical outcomes.

The individual will need to be a practicing clinical professional and as such will need to maintain the skills required to undertake clinical practice to be able to provide highly specialised advice concerning care which will impact patient pathways. Assess develop and implement specialist nursing care programmes and provide highly specialist advice to patients/ clients.

This is a key clinical specialist role where you will be accountable for your own professional actions. The successful candidate will already be operating at a level of senior clinical and managerial experience to have gained sufficient credibility and respect from their peers in order to be in a position to successfully deliver.

You will lead a team of 3 Clinical Procurement Specialists and will support them in meeting their own development needs and aspirations.

About Us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.Made up of two Trusts Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering worldclass hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.Together we employ nearly 20000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana Princess of Wales Hospital Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School we both lead and contribute to research in many areas biomedical research primary care palliative medicine cardiovascular and respiratory medicine vascular surgery cancer surgery and oncology.We believe that by developing a diverse inclusive innovative skilled and caring workforce we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees our Partnership and our community.

Date posted

17 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53755 to £60504 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Fulltime Parttime Flexible working Home or remote working

Reference number



Job locations

Any Humber & North Yorkshire Procurement Collaborative Office

Grimsby/ Hull/ Scarborough/ York

Grimsby/ Hull/ Scarborough/ York

HU3 2JZ

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for details on the role and responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Job description Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for details on the role and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• Requires highly developed specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and experience having worked in senior clinical positions.
• Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by post graduate diploma specialist training experience short courses plus further specialist training to masters equivalent level.
• Additional specialist knowledge in clinical products.
  
  

Desirable

• Leadership qualification or equivalent experience.
  
  

Experience Essential

• Experience in the management of a complex multisite portfolio.
• Experience of implementing strategy with evidence of monetary savings and innovative ways of working.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of performance measurement.
• Demonstrable knowledge of risk assessment and contingency planning.
  
  

Desirable

• NHS experience.
• Experience of implementing ecommerce processes and systems to suit the needs to the service.
  
  

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Requires highly developed specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and experience having worked in senior clinical positions.
• Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by post graduate diploma specialist training experience short courses plus further specialist training to masters equivalent level.
• Additional specialist knowledge in clinical products.
  
  

Desirable

• Leadership qualification or equivalent experience.
  
  

Experience Essential

• Experience in the management of a complex multisite portfolio.
• Experience of implementing strategy with evidence of monetary savings and innovative ways of working.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of performance measurement.
• Demonstrable knowledge of risk assessment and contingency planning.
  
  

Desirable

• NHS experience.
• Experience of implementing ecommerce processes and systems to suit the needs to the service.
  
  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017 skilled worker applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017 skilled worker applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Any Humber & North Yorkshire Procurement Collaborative Office

Grimsby/ Hull/ Scarborough/ York

Grimsby/ Hull/ Scarborough/ York

HU3 2JZ

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