Procurement Business Partner – RLH

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity exists for a Procurement Business Partner at a leading NHS Trust in London. This role involves managing strategic sourcing and non-pay activities within a dynamic procurement department. The ideal candidate will exhibit strong leadership and resilience, contributing to a culture of excellence and innovation in healthcare delivery.

Qualifications

• High-profile leadership role balancing strategic and operational priorities.
• Focus on up-skilling commercial and soft skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage non-pay and strategic sourcing of hospital/category commercial activity.
• Support staff with management and people skills.

Skills

Leadership

Resilience

Commercial Skills

Job description

Our group of hospitals provide a huge range of clinical services to people in east London and beyond.

We operate from four major hospital sites (The Royal London, St Bartholomew’s, Whipps Cross and Newham) and a number of community locations, including Mile End hospital. Around 2.5 million people living in east London look to our services to provide them with the healthcare they need.

The Royal London in Whitechapel is a major teaching hospital providing local and specialist services in state-of-the-art facilities. Whipps Cross in Leytonstone is a large general hospital with a range of local services. Newham in Plaistow is a busy district hospital with innovative facilities such as its orthopaedic centre. Mile End hospital is a shared facility in Mile End for a range of inpatient, rehabilitation, mental health, and community services. And St Bartholomew’s in the City, London’s oldest hospital, is a regional and national centre of excellence for cardiac and cancer care.

As well as district general hospital facilities for three London boroughs, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest and Newham, we have the largest cardiovascular centre in the UK, the second largest cancer centre in London, an internationally-renowned trauma team, and the home of the London Air Ambulance. The Royal London also houses one of the largest children’s hospitals in the UK, a major dental hospital, and leading stroke and renal units.

We're also proud to be part of UCLPartners, Europe’s largest and strongest academic health science partnership. The objective of UCLPartners is to translate cutting edge research and innovation into measurable health gain for patients and populations through partnership across settings and sectors, and through excellence in education

An exciting opportunity exists for a Procurement Business Partner - RLH within the Procurement Department to manage the non-pay and strategic sourcing of hospital/category commercial activity.

This is a high-profile hands-on leadership role, and the successful applicant needs to balance strategic with tactical operational priorities, often on a daily basis. No day at Barts Health NHS Trust is the same and if you have a ‘can do’ attitude, you will flourish in this role. Resilience and energy are of paramount importance.

Over the last few years, Barts Procurement team have embarked on an ambitious journey to shape the strategic direction of the Department with a specific focus on up-skilling Commercial and ‘soft skills’. We launched a Well Being and Training initiative to support our staff with the necessary management and people skills to thrive in this demanding environment and contribute towards a ‘single team ethos’.

We have progressed and attained formal accreditation of the NHS Commercial Services CCIAF and have expanded our commercial contract management and SRM offering Trust wide

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jodi Chapman Job title: Head of Clinical Sourcing Email address: [e-mail]