Digital Health Procurement Specialist

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Job Title: Digital Health Procurement Specialist

Location: East of England

Sector: NHS – Digital / Procurement

Ref: 8183

Rate: Band 8b NHS Agency Cap – £36.64 PAYE including WTR

Contract: 5 months

Working Pattern: 37.5 hours, Monday–Friday

Hybrid Working: Majority office-based for first 2 weeks; thereafter 1–2 days per week in the office.

The Role

Our client, a large NHS organisation, is seeking an experienced Digital Health Procurement Specialist to support a multi-million-pound digital health portfolio. This role will lead on strategic sourcing, contract management and category planning across complex digital health equipment, systems and managed service contracts. You will work closely with clinical, digital and operational stakeholders to deliver best value, ensure compliance, and drive innovation across the Trust’s digital landscape.

This is a senior interim assignment requiring a commercially astute procurement professional with extensive experience in high-value digital health procurement and public sector tendering.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and deliver digital health procurement strategies aligned to organisational priorities.

Lead complex, high-value tendering exercises, ensuring compliance with public procurement regulations.

Provide expert commercial and contractual advice, including leading negotiations on contentious or complex digital health contracts.

Manage a multi-million-pound digital health portfolio, monitoring performance, savings delivery and risk.

Analyse complex data to identify procurement opportunities, rationalisation options and future savings pipelines.

Engage and collaborate with clinical, digital and managerial stakeholders, acting as the client lead for digital sourcing programmes.

Drive innovation by identifying new technologies, suppliers and commercial models to enhance patient care and service delivery.

Support contract performance management, ensuring SLAs, KPIs and escalation processes are effectively applied.

You Will Need (Essential Requirements)

Degree-level qualification or CIPS/IACCM or equivalent professional procurement training.

Significant experience negotiating multi-million-pound digital health contracts.

Proven track record delivering cost reductions within large, complex portfolios.

Demonstrable experience managing large competitive tenders within public sector procurement.

Strong understanding of evaluation methodologies, contractual terms and purchase-to-pay processes.

Desirable Experience

Project management qualifications (Prince2, MSP).

Experience working within the NHS.

Working knowledge of EU/public procurement regulations.

How to Apply

If you meet the essential criteria, please send your CV, rate expectation (in line with the above) and confirmation of Right to Represent confirmation to: toni.coates@tclrec.com

Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.

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Job Ref: 8183

Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

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