Pharmacy Higher Procurement Officer

Job summary

To ensure the efficient and timely procurement of medicines for the Northumbria Trust as a whole and to provide supervision and guidance to the Pharmacy Procurement Officers with emphasis on Homecare Medicines Service.

Main duties of the job

• To contribute to the efficient and effective delivery of medicines to all patients and customers.
• To process orders and invoices and provide guidance and leadership to a team of procurement officers with an emphasis on Homecare Services.
• To manage the workflow of the Pharmacy Homecare Team ensuring that prescriptions, invoices and queries are processed in a timely manner.
• To work directly with the Pharmacy Technician Specialist for Medicines Homecare and help resolve issues when necessary.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Job responsibilities

The Pharmacy Higher Procurement Officer Homecare will work closely with the PTS Homecare to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of the medicines homecare service to patients of Northumbria Healthcare.

You will be responsible for managing the workflow of the pharmacy homecare team, provide leadership and guidance to a team of procurement officers with an emphasis on homecare services, provide day to day supervision and co-ordinate work. You will ensure that prescriptions, invoices and queries are processed in a timely manner and work directly with the PTS for Medicines Homecare and help resolve issues when necessary.

You will work with the PTS for Medicines Homecare on and be involved in the development of procedures which are relevant to your area of work.

You will be responsible for the training of the Procurement team on the use of SOPs and participate in the monitoring and review of SOPs specific to the Procurement process and feedback any issues or potential service developments.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE Grade C or above in English Language and Mathematics or equivalent numeracy and literacy skills.
• NVQ Level 3 or CIPS Foundation plus knowledge of contract Law acquired through short courses and experience or equivalent.

Desirable

• Management Qualification or equivalent experience.
• Microsoft Expert qualifications or equivalent.

Experience and knowledge

Essential

• Sound knowledge and experience of ordering, invoicing and contracting.
• Experience of working with data bases and managing data.
• Experience of service improvement and audit.

Desirable

• Experience of working within a pharmacy environment.
• Team management experience.
• Managing a service.
• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods