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Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Procurement and Goods In
| Posting date: | 14 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,625 - £25,674 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 June 2025 |
| Location: | Preston, PR2 9HT |
| Company: | Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7122218/438-PB2987 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Due to investment in the pharmacy team, we are excited to announce the position of Senior Pharmacy Assistant – Procurement and Goods In. This role will be involved in helping the pharmacy procurement team achieve best value for medicines purchasing and assisting in supervising the day to day operation of the team. The job is mostly desk/admin based and there will be occasions where you will be supporting the goods in team in the warehouse. No previous experience is necessary and full training will be provided.
You will need to be enthusiastic, motivated and demonstrate a desire towards developing our services.
If all of the above interests you and you would like to know more or come for a visit, please feel free to contact us to discuss further.
Working under the direct supervision of the Procurement & IT Senior Pharmacy Technician, you will contribute to the running of the Pharnacy Procurement and Goods In team. There will be a particular focus on ensuring best value procurement of medicines, including ensuring systems are set up to buy medicines at pre-negotiated contract prices and working with suppliers to process off contract purchase claims.
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
To supervise and provide guidance, training & direction to the Pharmacy Assistant Team within Procurement and Goods In ensuring that the following tasks are completed timely and accurately:-
· Update contracts in pharmacy systems
· Off contract claims
· Procurement
· Goods receipt
· Stock control and use of the Pharmacy IT System
· Stock management, including expired medicines, stock locations, invoice queries, including investigating and resolving discrepancies, supplier statement reviews.
· Line management duties, including mandatory training, designing rotas, absence management, competencies etc.
· Document retention, archiving and destruction
This advert closes on Sunday 1 Jun 2025
Due to investment in the pharmacy team, we are excited to announce the position of Senior Pharmacy Assistant – Procurement and Goods In. This role will be involved in helping the pharmacy procurement team achieve best value for medicines purchasing and assisting in supervising the day to day operation of the team. The job is mostly desk/admin based and there will be occasions where you will be supporting the goods in team in the warehouse. No previous experience is necessary and full training will be provided.
You will need to be enthusiastic, motivated and demonstrate a desire towards developing our services.
If all of the above interests you and you would like to know more or come for a visit, please feel free to contact us to discuss further.
Working under the direct supervision of the Procurement & IT Senior Pharmacy Technician, you will contribute to the running of the Pharnacy Procurement and Goods In team. There will be a particular focus on ensuring best value procurement of medicines, including ensuring systems are set up to buy medicines at pre-negotiated contract prices and working with suppliers to process off contract purchase claims.
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
To supervise and provide guidance, training & direction to the Pharmacy Assistant Team within Procurement and Goods In ensuring that the following tasks are completed timely and accurately:-
· Update contracts in pharmacy systems
· Off contract claims
· Procurement
· Goods receipt
· Stock control and use of the Pharmacy IT System
· Stock management, including expired medicines, stock locations, invoice queries, including investigating and resolving discrepancies, supplier statement reviews.
· Line management duties, including mandatory training, designing rotas, absence management, competencies etc.
· Document retention, archiving and destruction
This advert closes on Sunday 1 Jun 2025