Clinical Engagement and Implementation Manager - COM​/MSC​/SCEIM

Clinical Engagement and Implementation Manager - COM/MSC/SCEIM
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London, UK •

Sheffield, UK

Posted Thursday 19 February 2026 at 01:00 | Expires Friday 13 March 2026 at 00:59

Job Title:
Clinical Engagement and Implementation Manager

Function:
Commercial - Medical and Surgical Consumables

Location:
Home based, with travel

Type:
Full time 12 months Fixed Term (secondment)

Salary: £54,884 per annum

Please note this role is not in a clinical setting.

NHS Supply Chain are seeking an Allied Health Professional, to join a clinical team of healthcare professionals. The individual will manage their own clinical portfolio, working directly with a procurement team to provide products and service nationally; focused on range optimisation, service resilience, quality and safety to NHS providers.

As part of the clinical team, the individual will provide clinical understanding and professional knowledge into how and why products in their portfolios are used. What standards and requirements are needed, and what variances may arise from care setting or location. This knowledge informs the procurement of products by NHS Supply Chain, as part of a national catalogue. This role will draw on candidates’ clinical practice, and professional knowledge, to ensure that our offering optimises patient safety, quality of care, efficiency and delivering value sustainably.

Reporting to the Head of Clinical Lead, the successful candidate will need to have excellent communication skills; working with peers from different professional backgrounds, and managing stakeholders; working externally with health providers considering and exploring regional practice, and professional bodies and institutions to understand national drivers.

Applicants must have significant health care experience to have meaningful and credible discussions over service and product provision with stakeholders, which may include challenging views/concepts, qualifying decisions made, and providing guidance and support for product offerings.

Conducting complex analytics to review “current clinical practice needs” versus “future clinical practice needs” whilst ensuring that the end users are complying with national initiatives and programs and understand how decisions made may impact on these.

Making recommendations for opportunities with products from across the market which promote standardisation, are clinically sound and have fiscal responsibility for best use of the budget.

We are very proud to be part of the NHS family. We ensure that the NHS can access the products it needs at the right time and at the right price.

We are seeking a Clinical Specialist who will:

We are seeking a healthcare professional to join our team as a Clinical Specialist (formerly Clinical Engagement & Implementation Manager, CEIM).

Using your clinical/product experience and knowledge, your role has responsibility for engaging with healthcare, divisional and procurement professionals in NHS Trusts and providers to:

• Understand their requirements for products, based on their current operating preferences, sub-specialty practices, clinical environment and any key issues which may hinder progress such as product safety notices, recalls.
• Support them in making savings for their area through effective clinical engagement and procurement initiatives. Each CEIM works closely with and is supported by a Category Manager and a Procurement Assistant member of staff.
• Build and manage effective relationships with healthcare professionals within NHS organisations/providers to ensure the clinical “voice” is captured when product specifications are detailed and options for clinical change are put forward.
• Build and manage relationships with Supplier/Industry professionals, in particular when working on projects with relevant NHS Trusts.
• Provide project leadership and support, ensuring the delivery of quality services that represent best value and understand the key strategic direction of the organisation in order to ensure that processes are adhered to and projects are effectively managed with a clear understanding across different stakeholders.
• Work with clinicians to optimise their product base and…