Pharmacy Purchasing Officer

NHS; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider located in Nottingham is offering an opportunity for a Pharmacy Purchasing Officer. The successful candidate will manage daily orders of medicines and pharmaceutical items while ensuring pricing accuracy. This role requires a solid background in purchasing and financial processing, along with proven communication skills. Candidates must have an NVQ Level 3 or equivalent, as well as 4 GCSEs including English and Maths. Join a dedicated team that supports vital patient services in the healthcare system.

Qualifications

• Solid background in purchasing or financial processing is essential.
• Experience with financial systems and processes is required.

Responsibilities

• Place daily orders for medicines and other pharmaceutical items.
• Ensure medicines pricing is accurate and resolve queries.
• Liaise with clinical colleagues for product supply.
• Maintain systems and data for medical gas supplies.

Skills

Purchasing experience

Financial processing knowledge

Strong Excel skills

Communication skills

Education

NVQ Level 3 in business administration, purchasing or equivalent

Minimum of 4 GCSEs (A-C) including English and Maths

Job description

Job summary

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is currently offering an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Purchasing Officer to work within our Medicines Purchasing team.

Do you have a solid background in purchasing or financial processing? Are you eager to develop your experience in a busy team that underpins vital patient services? Working within a small team at the QMC campus you will be responsible for ordering medicines for both QMC and City campus.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Pharmacy Purchasing Manager, your work in the Pharmacy Purchasing Team will include:

• Placing daily orders for medicines and other pharmaceutical items used across the Trust
• Ensuring medicines pricing is accurate, and resolving pricing and supplier queries
• Liaising with clinical colleagues to ensure uninterrupted product supply
• Maintaining and reconciling systems and data relating to areas such as medical gas supplies across the Trust

Qualifications & Experience

• NVQ Level 3 in business administration, purchasing or equivalent, or by demonstration of experience, knowledge and skills at this level relevant to these qualifications
• A minimum of 4 GCSE's or equivalent at grades A-C including English and Maths

Experience (Essential)

• Experience of financial systems and processes, including processing financial transactions, such as invoices and orders
• Good level of knowledge and experience of IT software, in particular strong Excel spreadsheet skills

Experience (Desirable)

• Experience of purchasing and the processes involved
• Experience in a high volume, fast-moving business environment

Communication skills (Essential)

• Proven verbal and written communication skills
• Able to work both proactively using own initiative and as an effective and flexible member of a team

Communication skills (Desirable)

• Able to communicate effectively with both internal and external, financial and non-financial staff

Analytical and Judgement skills (Essential)

• Numerate and able to analyse and present data and take appropriate actions
• Able to handle sensitive information confidentially

Organisation skills (Essential)

• Good organisational skills; able to prioritise and deliver accurate results to deadlines under pressure

Physical skills (Essential)

• Able to achieve both speed and high levels of accuracy when undertaking financial data tasks, whilst experiencing interruptions
• Able to use a keyboard for a large part of the day

Other (Essential)

• Conscientious, reliable, self‑motivated, mature outlook, results‑orientated
• Adaptable and flexible
• Commitment to continuous improvement of customer‑focused services

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.

Employer Details

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Queens Medical Centre

Derby Road

Nottingham

NG7 2UH

Employer's website: https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)