Senior Pharmacy Procurement Assistant

Job overview

Hi I'm Prit, Chief Pharmacy tech in Operations at SWBH Pharmacy.

We are looking for a Senior Procurement Pharmacy Assistant to join our friendly Procurement Team based within our brand new Stores & Distribution hub at Sheldon Block Pharmacy.

This position requires specialist knowledge in the procuring of pharmaceuticals. The role is focused on procurement tasks that contribute towards delivery of our services across 3 of our sites: Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), Sheldon Block Pharmacy & Sandwell Health Campus.

You will be part of the Pharmacy Procurement Team where you will be supported by the Lead Pharmacy Technician in Procurement, Stores & Distribution and also Senior Pharmacy Technicians.

Experience of working within a Pharmacy environment is essential to this role.

This post is band 4 - subject to banding

Main duties of the job

Within this role you will be predominately based at Sheldon Block Pharmacy (located on the City Health Campus) and may be required to work at MMUH on an adhoc basis.

Main duties of this role are:

• Line management of staff
• Reporting of contract variance reasons on the CMU web portal
• Act as a specialist within the Pharmacy Procurement Team
• Generate data on the medicines spend for the Trust and contribute towards the Pharmacy CIP
• Work through the savings calculator report and identify cost savings to help reduce the medicine spend
• Investigate and resolve stock discrepancies within the department
• Expediting and answering of invoicing discrepancies
• Contribute towards prepack releasing and checking
• Training of staff working
• Service improvements

Please refer to the full job description for further details on the duties of this role.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key working relationships:

You will be act as one of the senior members of the Procurement Team.

You will work very closely with the Procurement Pharmacy Assistants, Senior Pharmacy Technicians within the Procurement Team as well as the Specialist Pharmacy Assistant for Stores and Distribution.

You will be in regular contact with Pharmacists and other Technicians within the Department regarding supply issues and updates.

Please refer to the full job description for further details on the duties of this role.