Pharmacy Homecare Administrative Assistant

Job summary

Are you interested in making a difference to patients?

Do you want to support patients without having to carry out personal care?

Our pharmacy Homecare Team are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our expanding team. The department supports patients receiving medicine via homecare services across the Trust with patients living countrywide.

You will be key to processing all aspects of work related to pharmacy homecare invoicing of medicines for our homecare patients. Experience is not necessary but a keenness to learn new skills is essential. We will ensure you have all the appropriate training to ensure your success in this role.

This is a varied role in which no two days will be the same. If you want to work in a specialised team and be a valued team member then this is the role for you.

Main duties of the job

In working with the pharmacy homecare team, you will be processing the invoices for payment by the Trust finance team for quick payment to suppliers. You will also be responsible for talking with suppliers and the Trust finance team, dealing with differences in invoicing before processing for payment. Other duties involve communicating with suppliers to chase up outstanding invoices or credit notes in a timely manner.

You will be required to use the Wellsky pharmacy stock control system (full training will be provided) to complete invoicing and publish reports when required. You will also be using the pharmacy homecare database and spreadsheets. As part of the pharmacy homecare team will be working alongside colleagues from the procurement department to provide cover and be trained in pharmacy procurement invoicing and any other departmental administrative duties required to be carried out. Upskilling and the opportunity to progress from Band 2 to Band 3 is available for this role.

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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Employer details

Employer name

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

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Employer details

Employer name

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

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