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Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Procurement

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
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Location
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 Per Annum
Profession
Administrative and IT
Grade
Band 3
Deadline
15 Dec 2025
Contract Type
12 months (Fixed term, 12 month contract)
Posted Date
01 Dec 2025

Job overview

An exciting vacancy has arisen for a full time post to support the Procurement team in the sourcing of medicines for the Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital. The post holder will also assist with administrative duties within the department and may be required to work at different sites within the Trust.

The post holder must be self-motivated and confident and an excellent communicator. Excellent IT skills will be required to ensure all processes are carried out accurately and efficiently

Main duties of the job

Duties will include:

  • Creating purchase orders for medicines and non-medicinal products.
  • Actively support and participate in stock management.
  • Chase outstanding orders with suppliers investigating MCS issues
  • Supporting the Pharmacy Administrator
  • To support the Unlicensed Technician with day to day processes
  • To assist with Drug Alerts
  • Support Distribution when needed
  • Assist with invoices when needed
  • Support dispensary when needed
  • Participating in the weekend/bank holiday and late night rota’s

You will need to already have the full award and your practice current and up to date or be working towards completing the NVQ 2 in Pharmacy Services imminently.

For further information about this post please contact:

Perry Coley, Chief Pharmacy Technician on 0121 333 9786 or email: [email protected]

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Procurement at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust | Job Clerk