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Job summary

Main area
Finance
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
275-2411JB-1
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway Maritime Hospital
Town
Gillingham
Salary
£23,615 per annum/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/11/2024 23:59

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Medway NHS Foundation Trust logo

Junior Buyer

Band 2

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.

Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Job overview

Junior Buyer

Division: Corporate

Care Group: Finance

Band: 2

Salary: £23,615 per annum/pro rata

Interview Date: Thursday 5th December 2024

We are recruiting for a Junior Buyer who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

To support the strategic services team in the processing of electronic requisitions requiring procurement intervention, handling supplier and customer enquiries, dealing with invoice mismatches for the payments team. 

Provide first line support for users of procurement systems on how to raise a requisition. Assist with setting up new suppliers and amending existing supplier details, referring to senior manager for guidance when required.

·    Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B – Bold

E – Every person counts

S – Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide support to the Buyers with pricing agreements and sourcing products and suppliers.

 

To support end users and the Stores team with receipting goods to enable a 3 way match and invoice payment.

 

Engage with suppliers to check and maintain product and service pricing as well as obtaining delivery dates.

 

Support the procurement team with saving and uploading contract and project paperwork in the shared drive and procurement system.

 

Collect and update the procurement departments KPI information to enable management to report monthly to the departments and Board.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Good standard of secondary education including Maths and English

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Intermediate Microsoft Office skills
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Excellent organisation and presentation skills

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Office management, administrative or telesales experience

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Strong team player
  • Ability to cope under pressure
  • Ability to prioritise workload and meet strict deadlines
  • Excellent telephone manner

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverDisability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeStep into health

Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Fern McDonnell-Thorn
Job title
Deputy Director of Procurement
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01634 833700
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