# Pharmacy Purchasing Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pharmacy-purchasing-officer/742107b6-4abe-404d-ae89-01bef0565013 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pharmacy-purchasing-officer/742107b6-4abe-404d-ae89-01bef0565013.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust - **Town:** Coventry - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (0900-1730 Monday to Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-15T09:30:43.707Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Warwickshire/Coventry/University_Hospitals_Coventry_Warwickshire_NHS_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8156540 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8156540?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhcw.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Would you like to have a rewarding career in the National Health Service . We are looking for a dedicated, organised and motivated person to join us as a Pharmacy Purchasing Officer to maintain the supply chain  of Medicines and to support the processing of Invoices for all pharmacy purchases. Previous applicants need not apply. Please note that sponsorship is not eligible for this position. Please be advised that interviews for this post are provisionally scheduled for Monday24th August 2026. Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested. ### Main duties of the job You will be based within the procurement team in  the Pharmacy Department at UHCW NHS Trust supporting the safe and cost effective procurement of medicines for use within the trust and ensuring all invoices are processed in line with suppliers terms and conditions. Applicants should have good communication & organisational skills; be self-motivated and possess excellent interpersonal skills, be flexible and able to work well in an environment of change and transition. Applicants must also have good computer skills and be able to work well under pressure. You will be expected to develop good working relationships with other departments within the Pharmacy and Hospital. You will work closely with the rest of the pharmacy team to provide high quality pharmaceutical care to all patients within the Trust. We pride ourselves on our pharmacy mission statement: ‘Delivering patient focused excellence in medicines use’ ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Responsible for sending approved orders via the Pharmacy Electronic Data Interchange Software (EDI) or email - Process routine electronic and manual invoices using the EDI Software and the Pharmacy Stock Control System referring any cost queries and anomalies to the Specialist Pharmacy Technician – Procurement - To answer the telephone in a friendly and efficient manner with referral to other pharmacy staff as appropriate - Assist with the processing of credits - Input procurement data into the relevant spreadsheets and data bases For more information please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - - Thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint **Desirable** - - Understanding of procurement processes and systems - Understanding of Pharmacy Procurement ### Experience **Essential** - - Experience of working in a busy administrative environment - Experience in a customer facing role - Experience of working to deadlines - Experience of working in an office environment **Desirable** - - Experience of working in procurement utilising e-procurement systems - Experience of Pharmacy Procurement ### Qualifications **Essential** - - Good basic education, 4 GCSE’s, to include GCSE English - Demonstrate excellent numeracy & literacy skills - EDCL, NVQ2 ITQ or Business and Admin or willing to work towards **Desirable** - - Working towards CIPs or equivalent qualification ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - - Ability to communicate clearly, both written and verbally - Maintain accurate information, collect and maintain accurate records. - Ability to prioritise and organise own workload - Woking as part of a team - Good numerical and keyboard skills - Able to maintain concentration for prolonged periods of time when processing orders and inputting data **Desirable** - - Ability to use electronic ordering systems including Powergate and JAC - Ability to use e-mail system ### Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours **Essential** - - Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s values. (As detailed in UHCW’s Values in Action document below) - Applicants applying for job roles with managerial responsibility will be required to demonstrate evidence of promoting equal opportunities through work experience ## Documents - [candidate information (pdf, 736.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10456848) - [additional information (pdf, 488.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10456847) - [welcoming disabled candidates (pdf, 371.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10456849) - [job description and personal specification (pdf, 680.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10456846) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.