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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Meets the three essential criteria on the person spec

Desirable

• Meets the three essential criteria on the person spec

Experience

Essential

• Meets the ten essential criteria on the person spec

Desirable

• Meets the five desirable criteria on the person spec

Skills

Essential

• Meets the 12 essential criteria on the person spec

Desirable

• Meets the three desirable criteria on the person spec

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

MFT Oxford Road Campus

Oxford Road

Manchster

M13 9WL

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