Pharmacy Homecare Purchasing Support Officer | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in Nottingham is seeking a Pharmacy Homecare Purchasing Support Officer to support the financial management of medicines homecare operations. Ideal candidates should possess strong financial administration skills and attention to detail. The role offers a chance to develop within a friendly team dedicated to patient care and cost-effective NHS resource management, along with tailored training and development opportunities.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Friendly work environment

Qualifications

• Competent in purchasing or financial processing tasks.
• Ability to manage large volumes of work accurately under tight deadlines.
• Experience in a financial environment is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Support the financial management of medicines homecare operations.
• Maintain high standards of financial processes.
• Work collaboratively with the Medicines Homecare team.

Skills

Financial administration skills

Attention to detail

Experience in busy financial environment

Job description

Overview

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Homecare Purchasing Support Officer to work within the Medicines Homecare team. You will work closely alongside a team of experienced technical, professional and homecare administration staff to maintain and develop a high standard of Medicines Homecare for patients with often long term and complex conditions who receive their medication at home.

You need to be highly competent in purchasing or financial processing tasks, with a meticulous eye for detail, and able to turn round large volumes of work accurately to tight deadlines. Experience of working in a busy financial environment is ideal.

The post holder’s primary focus will be to support the financial and business management of the critical medicines homecare operations, related financial systems and procurement processes. This will be achieved by applying your financial administration / purchasing skills providing valuable support in ensuring NHS resources are used wisely. The role incorporates Trust-wide processing, and therefore the post holder will be required to work at QMC, City and Treatment Centre Homecare offices.

Medicines homecare can be described as the dispensing and delivery of ongoing medicine supplies by a THIRD party homecare provider. All services are initiated by the hospital, delivered direct to the patient\'s home with their consent. This improves patient care, gives them a choice of their clinical treatment, most find it a lot more convenient.

The Pharmacy homecare team sits within the wider Pharmacy Medicines Finance Team. We are a friendly, hard-working team who are an important part of the hospital Pharmacy department. This post is ideal if you are keen to develop your pharmacy career in a varied challenging environment. We are dedicated to helping you to develop your talent, and training and development opportunities tailored to you will be provided in this role.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has a national and international reputation for many of its specialist services and expertise including stroke, renal, neurosciences, cancer services and trauma. We are also at the forefront of many research programmes and new surgical procedures. As a teaching Trust we have a strong relationship with our colleagues at the University of Nottingham and other universities across the East Midlands.

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