Pharmacy Procurement Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

Undertakes the day-to-day work of the Pharmacy, which will include releasing orders, receiving & checking off stock.

Works alongside procurement lead to chase missing orders, to-follows, owing items and monitor stock shortages.

Ensures that paperwork is completed accurately and on time, communicates issues as appropriate, and attends meetings as required

Offers suggestions to improve the way we work utilising best practices.

Being made accountable for certain aspects of the role at the request of the line Manager.

Maintains excellent working relationships and good communications with patients and Trust employees. Contributes to the teamwork ethic so enabling the best possible service and care to patients

Ensures confidentiality of commercial and clinical information, which may relate to customers, staff, Company policies, prices, business information; and takes account of requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations, and Freedom of Information legislation

Manages their own personal training and development

Any other relevant duties and training requirements at the request of the line Manager.

Adheres to Health and Safety, Equal Opportunities, and all other relevant legislation

Communications and Working Relationships:

Engender a customer first culture across the organisation ensuring high standards of professional customer service are delivered at all times within the pharmacy.

To provide a liaison service between users and suppliers to fulfil the customer need.

To effectively communicate and resolve queries, discrepancies and out of stock medicines.

To help train new members of the pharmacy team in the stock management processes and procedures.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE at C grade or above in Maths and English

Experience

Desirable

• Previous procurement experience
• Previous outpatient pharmacy experience
• Previous hospital pharmacy experience
• Medical consumables product knowledge
• Knowledge of Pharmacy ordering and stock Management systems incl. JAC
• Supply chain knowledge

Skills

Desirable

• Proficient use of Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel etc.).
• Accurate data entry skills.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Able to work well in a team
• Ability to work calmly and competently under pressure and achieve deadlines, escalating issues as required.
• Patient focused
• Confident and articulate
• Self-motivated and able to prioritise work to achieve deadlines without compromising quality.
• Able to communicate well with internal and external colleagues.

Other

Essential

• Requirement to lift and handle boxes of varying shapes, sizes and weights during the process of stock reads and put - away

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

SWFT Clinical Services Ltd

Address

OPD Pharmacy, Warwick Hospital

Lakin Road

Warwick

CV34 5BW

Employer's website

https://swftclinicalservices.co.uk/default.aspx (Opens in a new tab)