IT Asset and Procurement Manager

Job summary

Our ambition is to build on our leading initiatives and revolutionise the way we work together. That's why we're embarking on a programme of unprecedented transformation that will see cutting-edge digital solutions integrated across all our sites and services. This is an opportunity to develop your skills at the forefront of advances in healthcare management.

You'll work in one of the most progressive and innovative Digital departments in the NHS, backed by significant multi-million pound investment. From introducing enterprise-wide Electronic Patient Records (EPR) to data warehousing and business intelligence that support the decision-making of clinical and operational staff, we're using technology to increase organisational efficiency and improve patient health outcomes.

Main duties of the job

The Asset and Procurement Manager is a key role in supporting the Trust in managing and supporting Digital assets. Having responsibility for the purchasing of all IT assets needed by the Trust, including hardware (computers, servers, network equipment, etc.) and software (licenses, subscriptions, applications), ensuring adherencepolicies and guidelines.

You will play a critical role in ensuring the effective utilisation of IT resources, compliance with policies and regulations, the optimisation of IT asset lifecycle, and support managing cyber security. The IT Asset Manager will collaborate with various teams within the IT department and across the Trust to achieve these goals.

Embed standards in processes and procedures for effective procurement and IT asset management ensuring that it provides a 'fit for purpose' configuration management database (CMDB) for the Trust.The key deliverable is providing a single source of truth that is accurate and up-to-date asIT asset management is critical to supporting ITIL processes, including change, incident, and problem management. Enabling the entire Trust to get more innovative and deliver value more quickly with the right data at their fingertips and predict the impact of changes before they happen.This role requires a combination of technical skills, customer care, and business awareness, having the ability to communicate to staff at all levels in the Trust.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.