Senior Procurement Officer

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., 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., 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.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.