About this role
Job summary
Interview Date: 1st July 2026
An excellent opportunity has arisen to join Barnsley Facilities Services as a Buyer within the Procurement Team. The Procurement Department is looking for a customer-focused, methodical, enthusiastic buyer with good communication and negotiation skills to join our small friendly team. The role of the department is to provide customers with a high quality and responsive purchasing and supply chain management service whilst promoting best value for money for the organisations non-pay spend.
This position involves working with all services across the trust to procure goods and services at the best value for money so delivering a trusted and compliant procurement service.
The successful applicant will work as part of the busy operational purchasing team and will be required to be involved in the day to day purchasing and supply needs of the Trust, ensuring that critical supplies of clinical and related goods are purchased in a timely manner and to the rigorous standards of the NHS. This is a crucial role and one which requires the successful candidate to have a determined approach to their work, balancing cost and quality issues. The overriding aim is to guarantee the needs of our wards, services and departments are always delivered on time, to maintain patient care. The Procurement Department also takes a leading role in identifying and reporting on cost improvements and the activity of the Buyer is central to this process.
Main duties of the job
The role involves assisting the Head of Clinical Procurement and Category Manager in providing a high quality, cost effective procurement service to customers, in accordance with the Trusts Standing Orders and procurement procedures including services:
Supply Chain Management Service
The management of all in bound goods, with the exception of Estates items and certain Pharmaceutical lines, from receipt to point of delivery. The Department also provides a materials management service to all Wards and Clinical Areas ensuring that day to day consumables are available as required.
Category Management Service
Responsible for ensuring that the Trust non-pay spend is appropriately managed through the award of contracts for goods and services in accordance with the Trusts Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions.
An Operational Buying Service
Provides an operational buying service for the Trust ensuring that purchase orders are raised and managed in a timely manner. Also offers advice and support to end users.
Contracts Management System
Responsible for the maintenance and development of a corporate contract management system for the Procurement department, Estates and Pharmacy and SLAs for the local health economy.
For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link on the right hand side of the advert to check your eligibility, please note that Level A roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship.
About us
We reserve the right to close the position early.
Operating as a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, BFS has over 40 years heritage in providing high quality estates, facilities, procurement services and Outpatient pharmaceutical services to the healthcare sector. With a turnover of over £50m per annum, we take pride in our people, the quality of our work and in making financial contributions back into the NHS, supporting our patients and staff to deliver front line patient services.
BFS are passionate about providing essential facilities and healthcare support services. Our highly skilled and experienced leading professionals take pride in what they do, delivering world-class services and best-in-class NHS standards.
We believe in our people, and our ethos is to put our customers and team at the heart of everything we do.
Our vision is to provide quality essential services, growing for the ultimate benefit of public healthcare and beyond.
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Barnsley Facilities Services (BFS) are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, mental or physical disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age or offending history.
The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) will be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.
Job description Job responsibilities
Job Description for Buyer
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
Supporting Documents
Please refer to the values-based recruitment guidance and associated documentation.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Awareness Essential
Knowledge of Health & Safety
Desirable
Knowledge of the Trusts Standing Orders governing purchasing Product knowledge of NHS supply requirements
Values Essential
Please describe in around 100 words: What Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important Please describe in around 100 words: Describe an example of where you have helped to improve the service of a department.
Qualifications Essential
Educated to a good standard of general education with 5 GCSE A-C passes, including English and Mathematics or equivalent Numerate and literate Computer literate with experience of Microsoft applications
Desirable
Possess an NVQ level 2 in Customer Services or Procurement The successful candidate must be willing to attend NHS training courses on Contract Law and Basic Purchasing Procedures.
Experience Essential
Previous experience of working in a purchasing/logistics or customer services organisation/environment Experience of working with computer based Supplies Information Systems
Employer details Employer name Barnsley Facilities Services
Address Gawber Road
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S75 2EP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)