Buyer, Healthcare

We want talented and enthusiastic people from all backgrounds to join #TeamMWL, with us you can learn, grow and develop yourself and your career, realising your true ambitions and aspirations.

Whatever you’re looking for in your career, you’ll find it here at MWL.

Site Knowsley Community College / Southport Hospital Town Knowsley Salary £24,937 - £26,598 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/02/2026 23:59 Interview date 09/02/2026

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We have an exciting opportunity for applicants to join us as a Buyer

The Purchasing & Supplies Department is a high performing department, accredited to Level 2 NHS Standards of Procurement, 7th in most recent (September 2019) Procurement League Tables and winners at the 2022 Trust Awards for Excellence In Support Services.

Interview Date - Monday 9th January 2026

• To secure for customers the purchase of supplies, which represent best value for money in the context of price and quality, which should be consistent with need as and when, required.
• The post holder will not receive constant, direct supervision and will require the post holder to exercise initiative in the provision of service to customers with only occasional supervision and guidance.
• The post holder will be expected to perform a range of tasks operating within a team which will call for independent judgement and will be expected to operate within procedural guidelines to ensure public accountability.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

KEY DUTIES

• To secure for customers the purchase of supplies, which represent best value for money in the context of price and quality, which should be consistent with need as and when required.
• Process purchase orders via non-catalogue route on purchase order system
• Manage supplier catalogues on purchase order system
• The post holder will be required to adopt a flexible approach towards any supplies activities undertaken.
• To be aware of the markets in the post holders…