Apprentice Procurement & Materials Management Officer

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Wakefield is looking for an apprentice to join their materials management team. The role involves providing an effective procurement and supply service, managing stock levels, and ensuring compliance with operating procedures. Candidates must have GCSE Maths and English at grade C or equivalent, along with good communication and organizational skills. The organization values diversity and encourages applications from underrepresented groups.

Benefits

Access to the NHS pension plan

Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays

Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services

Flexible working options

Career progression, training and support

Qualifications

• Must possess GCSE Maths and English at a minimum grade C or equivalent.
• Experience working in a team setting is required.
• Excellent verbal communication skills are necessary.
• Good keyboard and computer skills are expected.
• Personal organization skills, including the ability to plan and prioritize, are essential.

Responsibilities

• Carry out administration duties that support departmental targets.
• Manage products and services through materials management.
• Perform electronic ordering and requisitioning.
• Correspond with suppliers and ensure accuracy in pricing and deliveries.

Skills

Teamwork

Verbal communication

Keyboard/computer skills

Personal organization

Education

GCSE Maths and English, minimum grade C or equivalent

Job description

Please contact Kirsty Boulton for any further information regarding the role.

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01924 543200

About The Role

• This is an Apprenticeship position.
• To carry out administration duties in a manner that supports departmental targets and ensures compliance with standard operating procedures.
• To provide an efficient & effective procurement and supply service to the Trust in respect of a Materials Management service to a wards and departments.
• To take responsibility for all electronic ordering / requisitioning for designated wards and departments.
• Corresponding with suppliers & NHS SCCL ensuring that prices and deliveries are accurate and monitored.

Main duties

To provide an efficient & effective procurement and supply service to the Trust in respect of a Materials Management service to a wards and departments.

This includes:

• the management of products and services required by wards and departments through materials management top ups and download to NHS supply chain using electronic data capture units;
• e-procurement requisitions onto systems and creation into purchase orders for goods and services, ensuring the right goods are ordered from the right supplier at the right price to be delivered at the right time and to the right place;
• stock is maintained at the appropriate re-order level using hand held data capture devices and inventory stock control systems;
• management of the replenishing of stock;
• development & review of ward / department materials management systems / stock control and stock requirements and the putting away of stock to agreed standards

Key Requirements

• GCSE Maths and English, minimum grade C or equivalent.
• Experience of working with a team.
• Excellent verbal communication.
• Good keyboard/computer skills.
• Personal organisation skills including the ability to plan and prioritise.

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients.

Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application Guidance

We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

Our Benefits

• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including:
• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Home electronics scheme
• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
• Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
• Career progression, training and support

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