Procurement and Supply Chain Officer

Are you interested in a career in the NHS or looking for a new challenge? The Procurement and Supplies department has an exciting opportunity for a Procurement and Supply Chain Officer to join our team.

Our staff are an important part of the hospital team and provide a great service working to support wards and our wonderful nursing teams to make sure they have all the products they need to take care of our patients.

This an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated outgoing person to contribute to the provision of a cost effective, efficient supplies and procurement service to Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. The successful applicant needs to demonstrate attention to detail, communication and teamwork skills, full training will be given.

Please note applicants must be available for face to face interview. Remote interviews cannot be accommodated., The role can be varied, there is a central office at Pinderfields where our office-based ordering service is located, or staff will be based within a theatre environment or working on our wards to support our clinical staff in areas such as elderly care.

Roles are required at all our sites of Pinderfields, Dewsbury and Pontefract therefore staff will be required to be flexible and prepared to travel to any site across the Trust utilising the staff shuttle bus service .

The role will include ordering and managing stock through a number of different e-procurement systems. Full training will be given.

We provide care and support to over a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce.

We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.

We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently.

We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.

We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.