Assistant Procurement SpecialistNHS
Job summary
NHS Band 4 Salary: £28,392 - £31,157 per annum
Hours Per Week: Full time, 37.5 hrs
Contract Type:Permanent
Location Base: Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Corporate Hub, Block 4000, Lakeside North Harbour, Western Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3EN
Main duties of the job
Looking to grow your career in procurement within a respected, supportive, and people focused organisation? As a single corporate service (PHU&IOW), we are incredibly proud of our Procurement & Supply Chain team, and were excited to welcome a motivated, forward thinking Assistant Procurement Specialist to join us.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to bring their skills into a sector with purpose, stability, and exceptional development opportunities. Every product and service we procure ultimately affects patient care - and that gives our work real purpose. Join a team where your skills matter, your development is supported, and your contribution is recognised.
Why Join Us?
Youll be part of a team that is well regarded across the organisation for its professionalism, expertise and positive culture. You@ll collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders across both Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and Isle of Wight NHS Trust, playing an important part in delivering high quality, best value procurement services that directly benefit patient care.
You'll enjoy:
- A friendly, supportive working environment
- A varied workload with new challenges every day
- Clear opportunities to grow your career within NHS Procurement
- A generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent annual leave and NHS employment benefits
- Access to Health Service Discounts (travel, shopping, groceries & more)
- Financial and study leave support for your CIPS qualification
Job description
As an Assistant Procurement Specialist, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of procurement exercises and projects across a wide range of categories.
You will:
- Assist in producing tender documents, contract paperwork and procurement adverts
- Work with stakeholders to produce accurate and complete specifications
- Support tender evaluations, financial assessments, and value for money analysis
- Help identify savings opportunities and new areas for contracting
- Maintain procurement records, databases and work plans
- Work closely with Procurement Specialists and Managers on key projects
Your work will directly contribute to the Trusts ability to deliver high quality, cost effective patient care - something we never lose sight of.
Who Were Looking For
We want someone who is:
- Enthusiastic, motivated and ready to learn
- Comfortable analysing data with strong numerical skills
- Highly organised with great attention to detail
- Confident using Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint)
- Able to communicate effectively with a wide range of people
- Interested in developing their procurement career, including working towards CIPS
Whether you have public sector experience or youre coming from a commercial background, if youre keen to grow and make a difference, wed love to hear from you.
For additional information please see attached Job description or contact Hayley Watkinson - [email protected]
About us
Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.
The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.