Purchasing Officer

We are looking to appoint a well-motivated, outgoing, conscientious person to join our Purchasing team. The Purchasing Team consists of 5 Purchasing Officers, and 2 Senior Purchasing Officers. The successful applicant will be expected to provide a Purchasing Service across the Trust, and work as part of the team based at Cobalt Business Park., Main purpose of the job is to provide and effective and efficient Purchasing service for medical and non-medical equipment, consumables and services in accordance with the Trust's Standing Orders and Financial Procedures. Ensuring all orders are promptly generated and expedited as appropriate, identifying suppliers, selecting products, negotiating prices and using your own initiative to resolve delivery and quality problems.

You must have previous experience of working in a Purchasing environment. You should also be PC Literate with experience of Microsoft Packages. You should have analytical, verbal and written communication skills and a confident telephone manner.

The post is to be based at Cobalt Business Park, but the post holder may be required to work on other sites within the Trust., We manage four major acute hospitals, North Tyneside General Hospital, Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, Wansbeck General Hospital and Hexham General Hospital. We also provide a service for a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed. We care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.