Overview

Partner Trusts have established the Partners Procurement Service (PPS) in order to improve their combined procurement effectiveness and deliver better value for money. The participating Partner Trusts are: Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (MEH), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL), The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust (WH). The PPS is jointly and equally owned by all Partner Trusts and is hosted by WH. Staff may be employed on any of the PPS sites. The rationale for the creation of the PPS is to establish a shared service able to improve the quality of a wide range of procurement services, deliver a more cost effective procurement and supply chain solution and enhance the non-pay benefits to each Trust.Responsibilities

Support the respective Senior Buyers and Buyers, ensuring projects are carried out effectively and responsibly and according to policies;Responsible for managing and developing the PPS contracts work-plan with regard to the category spend allocated in order to drive the category workload and ensure effective contract coverage. Incorporate national and collaborative procurement priorities and contracts into the work-plan, ensuring use of the appropriate sourcing strategy.To identify and deliver savings towards the Partner Trusts'' QIPP/ CIP / CRES targets. To ensure savings are recorded regularly and accurately;Work and liaise with all PPS staff to ensure an effective programme for category contract coverage as appropriate for benefit realisation for Partner Trusts;Keep abreast with technology improvements and developments within the category. Develop team members category market knowledge;Support PPS staff to apply agreed process management and procedures;Provide advice, expertise and support to stakeholders for category product selection, market testing and other related activities where appropriate;Please refer to the JD for the rest of the information. The role of Category Manager encompasses the following: (same as above responsibilities)Safeguarding Children and Adults

To comply with the Trust''s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This will require you to:Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.Participate in required training and supervision.Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct.Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.Application and Hiring Process Notes

Your application form - 1. Provide only business email address for your referees - we are unable to request references from Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts. 2. Make sure you include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.Process Information

Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay. If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job, unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If you require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert. Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems - occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder. Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.Other important information

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.ukPlease note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents providedThe Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

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