Senior Pharmacy Assistant-procurement

6 months ago


Truro, United Kingdom Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

The Pharmacy team at the Royal Cornwall Hospital are looking to recruit a Senior Assistant, who will specialise in pharmacy procurement and Homecare medicines services.

You will work as part of our fantastic pharmacy procurement team. Supporting the management of all areas of the medicines supply chain including out of stocks, medicines shortages and sourcing alternative medicines.

You will assist the Homecare Lead in the provision of Homecare services. Support the Homecare Lead to manage and produce monthly financial analysis of homecare provision.

This is a full-time post working 37.5 hours per week

There will be the opportunity to discuss working from home and/or to work flexibly, dependant on agreement with the Senior Manager.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right person, you must hold 5 GCSEs grade C or above including maths and English or equivalent. You will be willing to work towards a CIPs level 3 qualification. You will have experience of working in a hospital, pharmacy or customer care environment and be able to work as part of a team. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, well-motivated, individual who has good organisational skills. At RCHT we pride ourselves on putting the patient first and delivering the best possible service.

Your role as part of the team will be to purchase the medicines required by secondary care in Cornwall. You will also be involved in maintaining a medicines homecare service for the 3000+ patients that rely on this offering.

Sustainability is integral to the Trust achieving the NHS Net Zero target. All staff are therefore actively encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working within their field of expertise.

**PLEASE NOTE**: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side

To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Work health assessments
- Criminal record check standards
- Right to work checks

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Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.



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