Buyer - Medical Equipment 187289

Buyer

About the Organisation:

National Services Scotland (NSS) is a national NHS Board operating right at the heart of NHSScotland providing invaluable support and advice at a strategic and operational level.  NSS supports customers to deliver their services more efficiently and effectively and we offer shared services on a national scale using best-in-class systems and standards. Our priority is always the same to improve the health and well-being of the people of Scotland. We do this by working in partnership with colleagues across Health and Social Care to deliver fit for purpose solutions and systems, delivering high quality services that help our stakeholders to free up resources so they can be re-invested into essential services. 

The Post:

This is a challenging opportunity to help harness the buying power of more than £2.4 billion spent each year across the NHS in Scotland. National Procurement, the Procurement Centre of Expertise for Health, works in collaboration with health boards to ensure the highest level of patient care through the provision of a wide range of goods and services via a series of best value National Contracts and Distribution Services.

Working within the Medical Equipment portfolio the post holder is responsible for leading and managing the delivery of specific elements of work including discreet projects and contracts in support of the overall aims of the organisation. The post holder is responsible for the understanding of customer needs, using procurement skills and specialised product knowledge to provide excellent product choice and quality whilst contributing to the Strategic Sourcing programme targets and ensuring PCF provides a service which delivers best value and reflects best procurement practice. The work will involve both complex capital equipment and consumables procurement using formal public tendering processes.

The Candidate:

The candidate should be educated to degree level or have significant demonstrable experience meeting key results in a similar organisational setting.

Location and Working Pattern:

Edinburgh/Larkhall

Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week

It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with NSS.

Benefits:

Our benefits package includes pension scheme, comprehensive range of work life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits. HR Benefits Brochure.

Further information:

For an informal discussion on the post, The lead recruiter is on annual leave so please contact the following people on the dates below:

1st-5th July Laura.Santi@nhs.scot
8th - 12th July Kate.Henderson@nhs.scot

Closing date for completed applications is 19^th July 2024

Further information on NSS is available from: https://www.nss.nhs.scot/

Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).

NHS National Services Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and as committed participant in the disability confident scheme, guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies