Medicines Procurement Officer
at NHS England
BOHW2, , United Kingdom -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 01 Feb, 2025 | GBP 52809 Annual | 01 Nov, 2024 | N/A | Good communication skills | No | No |
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Description:
This exciting opportunity has arisen for a Medicines Procurement Officer to join the Generics Medicines team in NHS England’s Medicines Procurement and Supply Chain team which is part of the Medicines Value & Access Directorate - Chief Financial Officer Group. The Generics team is responsible for Delivering over £101m savings last year covering over 2,500 products for NHS hospitals in England, generic pharmaceuticals are a vital element of medicines procurement, the post holder will be a member of a dynamic team in delivering and implementing procurement strategy for generic medicines in NHS secondary care. The post holder will have a key role in the provision of an efficient, effective and high quality professional and well-coordinated procurement service capable of meeting all statutory, regulatory and NHS requirements ensuring alignment with the activity of the organisation.
The office base for this role can be London, Runcorn or Leeds.
As a Procurement Officer within our medicines team the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team to support managers and staff across Medicines Procurement & Supply Chain in their procurement of medicines for the NHS.
IN PARTICULAR, THE POST HOLDER WILL BE:
Responsible for the delivery of the medicines framework agreement tendering programme, on behalf of the NHS, in compliance with Public Contracts Regulations
Project leading or supporting each tender as appropriate, working closely with NHS Pharmacy, wider healthcare specialists and Pharmaceutical Industry colleagues to resolve contracting issues
Responsible for the production of comprehensive adjudication reports and supporting documentation such as additional analysis when required
Responsible for the ongoing contract management activities such as uptake reviews, KPIs and managing poor performance by suppliers
Responsible for creating and nurturing strong stakeholder relationships, both within the NHS and externally
Responsible for ensuring that systems such as the Contract Management system, Project Management System and NHS Pharmacy Web Catalogue are kept up to date at all times
Supporting the co-ordination and management of supply problems
Flexible to support the wider MPSC teams (Branded and Biosimilar) as required
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website .
You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting document
Responsibilities:
Please refer the Job description for details
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)
Logistics/Procurement
Purchase / Logistics / Supply Chain
Logistics
Graduate
Proficient
1
Borough of Halton WA7 2ES, United Kingdom