Pharmacy Procurement Officer

To ensure the efficient and timely procurement of medicines for the Northumbria Trust as a whole and to provide supervision and guidance to the Pharmacy Procurement Officers with emphasis on Homecare Medicines Service.

• To contribute to the efficient and effective delivery of medicines to all patients and customers.
• To process orders and invoices and provide guidance and leadership to a team of procurement officers with an emphasis on Homecare Services.
• To manage the workflow of the Pharmacy Homecare Team ensuring that prescriptions, invoices and queries are processed in a timely manner.
• To work directly with the Pharmacy Technician Specialist for Medicines Homecare and help resolve issues when necessary.
  We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.
  
  Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep.
  
  Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way!