About this role
Job summary
The Trust is seeking a Senior Procurement Officerto support procurement activity across University Hospitals Tees, working collaboratively within a group model that brings together North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The role plays a key part in delivering compliant, high-quality procurement services that support patient care across multiple hospital sites and services.
The post-holder will lead complex, high-value procurement projects, ensuring full compliance with the Procurement Act 2023 and Trust Standing Financial Instructions, while delivering value for money, efficiency, and cost improvement. Working closely with clinical, operational, and corporate stakeholders across the partnership, the Senior Procurement Officer will also provide expert professional advice and support to procurement colleagues and contribute to the ongoing development and consistency of procurement practice across University Hospitals Tees.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Procurement Officer will be responsible for delivering end-to-end procurement activity for a wide range of goods and services across University Hospitals Tees. This includes leading compliant procurement exercises in line with the Procurement Act 2023 and Provider Selection Regime, utilising NHS-accredited frameworks through mini-competitions or direct awards, and managing above- and below-threshold tenders and requests for quotations.
The role involves drafting procurement strategies, tender documentation, contracts, policies, and ways of working, while maintaining accurate and auditable records in accordance with regulatory and Trust requirements. The post-holder will manage contracts through effective internal and external relationship management, working in partnership with finance, supply chain, and clinical stakeholders to develop costing models that deliver best value against total cost of ownership.
About us
We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
Your Leadership Impact
Leading your Team to Success
Leading Into the Future
Service Improvement for Beginners
Developing your Service Improvement Skills
Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust values and behaviours
Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply - Level 4 or above and or relevant experience.
Desirable
Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply Chain level 5/6 or working towards
Knowledge and Skills Essential
Procurement Legislation - Good knowledge of the Procurement Act 2023 and relevant legislation which applies to the expenditure of public money. This must include the associated risks and how to manage / mitigate these. Contract Law - Good and constantly maintained knowledge relating to UK contract law which is to be applied to all contracts which the Trust enters. Trust Standing Financial Instructions and Standing Orders - Must be used for the basis of all procurement activity facilitated and against which the department will be audited against. Procurement Processes - Must have a working knowledge and be able to demonstrate their ability to facilitate a procurement process from end to end including Invitation to Quote, Under and Over threshold Tender procedure, Mini Competition / Direct Award by utilising an applicable NHS Accredited Framework. Customer Focused - Builds and manages internal and external stakeholder relationships and exceeds patient and commissioner expectations by accurately assessing patient needs and ensuring the delivery of commissioner requirements. Business Aware - Demonstrates a clear understanding of the current market environment including awareness of all opportunities and threats to new and existing business / income. Seeks, evaluates, and uses
Experience Essential
Experience of working within the NHS purchasing and procurement Experience of analysing information and spend data to support decision making.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Eggleston Court
Middlesbrough
TS2 1RU
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)