Job Advert
Base – Flexible within the Central Belt
Duration: 2-Year Fixed term
NHS National Procurement; the Procurement Centre of Expertise for Health in Scotland and part of PCF within NHS National Services Scotland is pleased to offer a Procurement & Supply Graduate Trainee post for qualified graduates who wish to develop a career in Public Procurement.
This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to join our organisation on a 2-year fixed term contract. Supporting us as we collaborate across the Health and Social Care sector to ensure the highest level of care for patients and service users is provided across the wide range of goods and services we deliver through best value National Contracts and Distribution Services.
The role is part of our Graduate Trainee Scheme, designed to provide the postholder with the necessary knowledge, skills and experience to meet the, “Procurement Practitioner”, standard within the Scottish Procurement Development Framework.
The postholder will undertake a range of internal placements within NHS National Procurement with a further placement in a, “Territorial”, NHS Health Board as part of the 2-year programme to gain exposure across all the key supply areas i.e. strategic sourcing, supply chain, and logistics.
The postholder will have a minimum 2:1 honours degree in a business, engineering or IT related subject and will demonstrate a genuine enthusiasm for developing a career in procurement.
The postholder will have the opportunity to undertake a course of study leading to membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply.
Longer term career prospects within the health and wider public sector are generally very positive.
For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Kris Lindsay 0131 275 7454, or by email at kris.lindsay@nhs.scot
Further information about procurement in the health sector can be found in the following video. https://youtu.be/V-jenn0gKIo
Further information on NHS National Procurement is available at: https://www.nhsscotlandprocurement.scot.nhs.uk/
Further information on NSS is available at: www.nhsnss.org
Closing date for completed applications is Tuesday 24th November 2020
Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).
NHS National Services Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and as committed participant in the disability confident scheme, guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies