Pharmacy Procurement Officer

The post will be based at North Tyneside General Hospital, but the post holder may be required to work at other sites within the Trust. Based within the Pharmacy Office at North Tyneside General Hospital, you will become an integral part of the Pharmacy team, undertaking duties which contribute to the safe, effective and timely procurement of medicines.

The main responsibilities are the procurement of medicines, the accurate and timely processing and payment of Invoices and management of medicine supply issues. You will also be responsible for providing some clerical support to the various managers within Pharmacy, report production, data input, arranging meetings and any additional duties as required. This is a fast paced, demanding role suited for candidates, who are up for a challenge.

To ensure the efficient and timely procurement, invoice processing and shortage management of medicines and other items and provide clerical support to the Pharmacy department when required.

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, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Qualifications

Desirable: - NVQ Level 2/3 in Business & Administration; - NVQ Level 2/3 in Customer Service; - CIPs level 2 or above

Experience and Knowledge

Essential: - Knowledge and experience of ordering, invoicing, business and office procedures.

Desirable: - Experience of computer stock control systems.

Other

Experience and knowledge

Essential: - Knowledge and experience of ordering goods, invoicing for good or services, business and office procedures.

Desirable: - Experience in a similar post.; - Experience of computer stock control systems.