The Procurement Graduate Scheme offers graduates a chance to join procurement teams in NHS organisations across England.
Following the incredible success of the scheme to date, with the ongoing support from NHS organisations and procurement departments, we are opening for graduates to apply for a place commencing September 2026.
The 2-year scheme gives graduates a unique insight into how an NHS organisation operates. Participants will have extensive career development opportunities from day one. Whilst you will be employed by a specific NHS
organisation, rotational placements will allow you the opportunity to gain experience in different aspects of procurement and departments undertaking different roles within procurement, e.g. buying and tendering, contract management, materials management and inventory control.
Participants will learn how to cultivate stakeholder relationships, sourcing and negotiating to procure and deliver deeper value for money, in an ever-changing, dynamic organisation.
We are looking for confident and eager individuals who want a career in procurement, are eager to learn and keen to get involved and access all there is to offer on the programme. If you believe that you can make a difference whilst undertaking a fulfilling career that maximises your procurement and leadership potential, then our 2 year training scheme, based on work placements, will be ideal for you.
Procurement is the strategic function by which organisations identify, source, and acquire goods, services or works from an external source, often via a tendering or competitive bidding process.
Every single item that is used by the NHS has to go through the procurement process. This includes all goods used daily across the NHS, from bandages and heart monitors, to staff uniforms or knee replacement joints. The range of products and services procurement teams acquire is vast, including IT and financial management, whist also dealing with estates - sourcing and managing the property which the NHS occupies.
Procurement teams are also involved with researching a product, liaising with suppliers, contract management and managing the materials once they are owned by the NHS. Teams distribute the goods/service and ensure there are efficient systems in place to best suit all teams accessing them.
The all-encompassing field of procurement is sure to present an interesting and rewarding opportunity for any curious and motivated graduate.
The NHS is founded on a common set of principles and values that bind together the communities and people it serves – patients and public – and the staff who work for it.
