Apprentice Buyer | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	20 Mehefin 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£24,169 - £25,674 Per Annum
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	20 Gorffennaf 2025
Lleoliad:	317 Trustwide, NE1 4LP
Cwmni:	The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Prentisiaeth
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7294284/317-2025-23-029

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Are you looking to start a career in the NHS? Are you considering a career change?

Do you want to work in a friendly and supportive team who will help you develop?

We are offering an opportunity for you as an Apprentice Buyer. The role comes with lots of support and professional development from our friendly team. As part of our Purchasing team you will support the delivery of an effective, efficient and professional purchasing service for the Trust including but not limited to obtaining quotes, raising purchase orders and resolving invoice queries.

You will be enrolled with a local education provider and embark on a comprehensive 18-month training programme working towards level 3 NVQ Business Administration. During this period you will be paid at a Band 2 then, upon successful completion you will automatically transfer to the Band 3 Buyer post and salary.
• Interview date: Thursday 17 July 2025
• 37 hours 30 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

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At the start of your employment, you will spend time across all the Procurement operational teams (Purchasing/Inventory/Logistics/Systems) to give you an overview of the operational aspects of the Procurement function and how they interact with each other. You will then settle into what will be your main role as an apprentice buyer within the Purchasing team. The Purchasing team processes all purchase orders for the Trust covering goods, services, maintenance and travel. During this time, you will gain a broad range of knowledge, skills and competencies to support your onward progression to the full-time role of a Buyer.

The normal working pattern is 7.5 hours per day Monday to Friday and upon completion of your apprenticeship we can support hybrid working on a 2:3 ratio – two days at home, 3 days in the office. We also offer flexible working patterns with time off in lieu whilst still supporting our core service hours of 8:30-17:00 Mon-Thurs and 8:30-16:30 Fri.

You will need to demonstrate good customer service skills; strong organisation and time keeping skills; the ability to work on your own initiative; have a flexible and adaptive approach to work; and be committed to achieving your apprentice qualification.

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

• Freeman Hospital

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)

• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)

• Newcastle Dental Hospital

• Newcastle Fertility Centre

• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

• Northern Genetics Service

• Cramlington Manor Walks

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit:Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle HospitalsandNewcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Apprenticeship Posts“You will need to be able to meet all the eligibility requirements as prescribed by the apprenticeship criteria to undertake the role”.

To be eligible for an apprenticeship you must:
• Have the right to work and remain in the UK.
• Have lived in the UK for at least 3 years.
• Provide original evidence of required English and maths qualifications.

Further information:
• You will not be considered if you have an equivalent or higher qualification in the same or a very similar subject.
• You must not be engaged in any other funded training or education programme.
• We cannot sponsor applicants during or on successful completion of the apprenticeship so please ensure you meet visa status eligibility.
• We cannot accept applications from student visa applicants.

Please be advised if you are a 'Non-UK National' applicant you must meet the eligibility criteria and fulfil the settlement requirements of the apprenticeship course funding. Your settlement status will need to be verified as eligible for funding, by the relevant apprenticeship provider, for you to formally enrol on the course.

Further details can be found on the UK Government website.

Job Purpose
• Be part of a small team of buyers, supervised by a Team Leader which will be responsible for the order processing and customer service activity relating to a discrete group of requisitioning departments
• Ensure that ‘requisitioned to order’ lead times are adhered to
• Ensure that goods/services ordered are progressed and delivered to the
requisitioning department in a timely manner
• Ensure that invoice queries relating to orders placed are resolved satisfactorily within set target time
• Ensure effective communications with requisitioning departments
• Ensure that the procurement process is compliant with the Trust’s Corporate Governance
• Completion of NVQ Level 3 Business Administration

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.



As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.


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