Implementation and Adoption Specialist

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an Implementation and Adoption Specialist to join a nationally renowned organisation providing procurement services to the NHS.  As a member of the Implementation and Adoption Team, you will be working within the Facilities & Office Solutions (F&OS) Category Service Provider function of the NHS Supply Chain Operating Model, supporting customers and suppliers to make the best use of the services that NHS Supply Chain can offer across the Facilities & Office Solutions category.

The role involves the promotion and development of the national programmes at NHS Trust level, engaging with stakeholders to implement and maintain the development of service delivery to their trusts. Key Accountabilities include delivery of a national savings programme, management of the stakeholder accounts, compliance with the National Operating Model, understanding buying patterns within end user groups and working with category specialists within our organisation to develop future service options ensuring products being proposed meet with customer requirements and feeding back insights to the customer team.

Main duties of the job

You will work closely with our Data Analysts and Procurement Specialists to utilise the opportunities for innovation they identify and to help identify and deliver cost reduction initiatives to customers to improve the value delivered from the services provided to the NHS on a national basis.  You will be required to champion a category area, managing the team progress for that category, developing potential team initiatives with the procurement category lead and managing savings deliveries for that work area.  You will need to be proficient in the production, usage and presentation of complex data spreadsheets using Microsoft systems such as Excel.

You will be responsible for managing relationships within a defined geographical area between F&OS and other NHS organisations such as NHS Trusts, ICS Groups, NHSE&I, SCCL and other healthcare organisations working as part of the wider team.  This role will provide an additional interface between these organisations and the customer management team at SCCL to promote the benefits of the organisation and support efficient communications at all levels to ensure uptake of opportunities thereby effecting change.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

About NOE CPC;

North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) is hosted by Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT).

A wholly NHS owned organisation NOE CPC brings together a wealth of experience, understanding and knowledge, providing collaborative procurement and commercial solutions to the wider NHS and is one of the leading players in collaborative procurement within the NHS in England.

We work with our customers both collectively and individually to build an understanding of what they and their patients need. We then use our expertise to deliver procurement, contracts and framework solutions that drive down costs and provide better customer and patient experiences.

We provide compliance through commitment and partnership, doing so by drawing on our rich and varied capabilities as well as strength of relationships with our members and suppliers.

The NHS is having to change to meet expectations of better care, improved information sharing and more choice, all delivered on a tighter budget.

NOE CPC is striving to support these changes. We are part of the NHS and we understand the NHS. We recognise the challenges health organisations are facing and are committed to working with them to improve value for money and in turn support front line patient care.

Our expertise in public procurement provides the support and tools necessary for making informed purchasing decisions. We aim to improve efficiency in health care organisations, save them time and money, offer flexibility and choice, and ultimately to improve the care offered to patients and service users. Our commitment to the NHS is driven by a wish to improve quality in all we do.

NHS Supply Chain – Facilities and Office Solutions

Following a recent tender process, NOE CPC were successful in resecuring an existing service contract and expanding its scope to provide the NHS Supply Chain Category Management Service for Facilities and Office Solutions. This involves managing the national procurement of categories including Paper Hygiene products,  Catering Equipment and Consumables, Cleaning Supplies & Equipment, Disposable Curtains, Environmental Decontamination Solutions, Medical Healthcare Furniture, Medical Pulp products & Macerators, National Uniforms and other Textiles, Office Supplies including Office Furniture and Stationery.