P2P & Data Lead

As a Procurement team member the post holder will be required to lead on complex and challenging initiatives relating to P2P, challenging the norm and providing recommendations on service improvement in terms of process and systems across all HPL sites. The post holder will be required to manage a number of projects with often conflicting deadlines. Health Procurement Liverpool (HPL) is a single shared procurement service for:

• Alder Hey Children's Hospital;
• Cheshire & Wirral Partnership:
• Clatterbridge Cancer Centre;
• Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital;
• The Walton Centre., The post holder has a lead role in delivering continuous improvement across the procurement function which includes support in developing and influencing Health Procurement Liverpool's e-Procurement Strategy, providing expert advice and support to all Trusts as part of HPL on procurement matters and ensuring that all relevant stakeholders are proactively engaged in projects to maximise the value of the procurement service to all organisations.
The P2P & Data Lead is responsible for all procure to pay activities across Health Procurement Liverpool. The post holder will manage a team of procurement staff within the purchase 2 pay (P2P) including Data and Information as part of the procurement structure, working to satisfy customer requirements by agreeing and delivering P2P work plans which will be focussed on patient safety, quality improvement and the reduction of costs. The P2P Lead will also deputise for the Head of Systems & Supply Chain with P2P & Data activities as and when required.

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009. With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.