Senior Pharmacy Invoicing Assistant
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Job overview
Senior Invoicing Assistant - Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Base site Royal Hampshire County Hospital Winchester. With possible working at other HHFT sites.
Role Description:
We are looking to recruit a Senior Invoicing Assistant to work in our busy but friendly team based in pharmacy.
You must be willing to work hard, be able to manage your own work load and meet payment terms and deadlinesWorking patterns: Flexible working pattern depending on minimum number of hours per week.
We are: Pharmacy departments at Andover War Memorial, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital and Royal Hampshire County Hospital Winchester.
Main duties of the job
The role involves dealing with key accounts for the Trust's suppliers of pharmaceuticals and medical gases. This position is vital to maintain the care of our patients and has close working relationships with the trust's finance, main procurement and homecare teams.
What we Offer:
- We offer training to all our staff and great development opportunities for the right candidates to excel in a pharmacy environment.
- Your life outside HHFT is important and the Trust are happy to consider applications with flexible working patterns that cater to individual requirements; this can be discussed at interview
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Computer literate
- 5 GCSE's grade A* - C including Maths and English
Desirable criteria
- 3 other GCSE's or equivalent
- NVQ in Business Admin or similar
- IT or word processing qualification (OSR I or II, word processing (RSA))
- ECDL or equivalent
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience using computers and word processing tools
- Experience communicating effectively both in verbal and written formats.
- Ability to manage multiple accounts or customers
Desirable criteria
- Familiarity with the EPMA Pharmacy computer system
- Experience in general office duties
- Experience in a financial role
Skills and Ability
Essential criteria
- Attention to detail and High level of accuracy
- Good Communication
- Ability to manage and prioritise own work
- Ability to concentrate in a bust environment for prolonged periods of time.
- Knowledge of when to escalate issues beyond own level of responsibility or expertise.
Desirable criteria
- Understand stock control and stock rotation
- Proactivity
- Ability to work using own initiative
Our commitment to you:
We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
The paperwork:
- HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first - as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
- Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
- All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
- In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
- This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
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Documents to download
- Senior Pharmacy Invoicing Assistant (PDF, 321.1KB)
- HHFT Employee Rewards & Benefits (PDF, 723.8KB)
- Tackling Climate Change at Hampshire Hospitals (PDF, 4.9MB)