Lead Pharmacy Medicines Purchasing Officer

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in London is seeking a Lead Pharmacy Medicines Purchasing Officer to oversee the pharmacy purchasing office. Responsibilities include managing the team's operations, ensuring compliance with purchasing procedures, and maintaining procurement standards. Ideal candidates will have experience in a hospital setting and a solid understanding of purchasing principles. This role offers flexible working and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing and staff recognition schemes

Qualifications

• Knowledge acquired through degree or CIPS, or equivalent training.
• Experience of purchasing in a Hospital/Pharmacy setting.
• Evidence of using computerised ordering/stock management systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day purchasing office operations.
• Ensure compliance with Trust procedures.
• Action appropriate measures for out-of-stock items.

Skills

Ability to prioritise and delegate tasks appropriately

Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

Understanding of providing excellent customer service

Education

Knowledge of professional purchasing principles

Tools

CMM (Computerised ordering/stock management systems)

Word

Excel

Job description

We invite you to join our team in the dynamic role of a Lead Pharmacy Medicines Purchasing Officer. If you have a passion for connecting the dots within our Pharmacy team, then this opportunity might just be the perfect fit for you.

The purpose of this post is to work in the pharmacy purchasing office. The team consists of administration staff working alongside pharmacy technicians to ensure the timely and cost effective purchasing of medicines for all inpatient pharmacies across the four sites at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

The post holder is responsible managing the people, processes and performance of the team, as well as managing the planning and prioritisation of work.

Main duties of the job

• To manage the day-to-day running of the purchasing office on the Hammersmith Hospital site, ensuring staff purchase medicines in line with Trust procedures.
• To manage the day-to-day activities of the purchasing office, with support from the Lead Pharmacy Technician, Purchasing when necessary.
• To deputise for Lead Pharmacy Technician, Purchasing in her absence.
• To ensure the team take appropriate action where items are out of stock.
• To ensure contracts, price agreements and consortium buying deals are adhered to and that off contract purchases are approved appropriately.
• To ensure the team carry out the cost effective procurement of non-contract lines.
• To ensure that all price discrepancies are investigated and dealt with appropriately and in a timely manner. Ensuring pricing issues are communicated to the Lead Pharmacy Technician, Purchasing when necessary.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Knowledge of professional purchasing principles acquired through degree or Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS), or equivalent training and experience.

Experience

• Experience of purchasing in a Hospital / Pharmacy setting.
• Experience of identifying service improvements and supporting change.
• Staff management including objective setting and appraisal, performance review & people development.
• Evidence of using computerised ordering/stock management systems, e.g. CMM.

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

• Ability to prioritise and delegate tasks appropriately.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to use Word and Excel and to have experience of setting up and interrogating databases.
• Understanding of providing excellent customer service.

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.