Deputy Director - Governance, Assurance & Sustainability

Job summary

The three Partner Trusts have set an objective of creating a single procurement function which will help support the sustainable provision of clinical and non-clinical services. A newly formed Humber & North Yorkshire Procurement Collaborative, hosted by Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, will provide procurement and supply chain services to its Partner Trusts, and may extend over time to service other bodies within the Integrated Care System.

You will work as a Deputy Director for Governance, Assurance & Sustainability across all Partner Trusts as a credible procurement and commercial lead providing strategic advice and guidance to clinical and corporate colleagues. You will act as a trusted procurement professional encouraging collaboration between Care Groups and Procurement and Supply Chain teams across all Partner Trusts to maximise procurement and commercial outcomes for the patients in our care.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the overall management of the procurement and supply chain governance, assurance and sustainability agenda, including management of the systems team. This requires ensuring that all procurement and supply chain activity is compliant with all current policy and legislation, developing appropriate policy and providing training to all staff. All policies and processes should be developed to achieve financial savings and value for money. You will provide a commercially focussed, dynamic service which encourages innovation, delivers value and achieves social value and sustainability improvements for Partner Trusts.

You will be responsible for the management of 10 procurement and system professionals as part of the wider 130 procurement and supply chain team. Responsibilities include recruitment, appraisals, managing continual professional development and individual's performance. Responsible for budget and physical resources, you will ensure that value for money is achieved from all commercial and procurement activity across the Partner Trusts.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.