Job Title: Buyer / Stock Controller (Purchasing & Supplies) – National Unplanned Pregnancy Advisory Service

Reports to: Head of Operations

Responsible for: Purchasing and Stock Management

The ideal candidate will ideally have experience of working in purchasing within the healthcare industry or working with stock control and consumables.  They will be a self-sufficient individual able to work using own initiative.  Willingness to travel nationwide is essential.  They will have excellent communication, organisational skills and good excel skills.

Purchasing

Stock Control

To liaise with Clinical Leads to ensure timely delivery of goods crucial to service delivery.

To set up effective and user friendly inventory management systems that can be delegated to area staff (once agreed) to ensure that clinical stock and consumables are properly logged and accounted for at all times within the organisation

To establish systems to ensure that units can compile and maintain an accurate record of quantity, type, and value of supplies stocked in each Clinic.

To establish systems to ensure that units can compare stock lists to office records and work with the Finance team to compute figures from records such as purchase invoices and activity to obtain current inventory.

To establish systems to ensure that units can verify clerical computations against physical count of stock and adjust errors in computation or count.

To establish systems to ensure that units can troubleshoot stock discrepancies, including root cause analysis.

To establish systems to prepare up to date reports, such as stock lists, price lists, and shortages.

To establish systems to ensure that units can identify slow moving and potential redundant stock.

To establish systems to ensure that units can prepare lists of depleted items and recommend regular surveys for defective or unusable items.

To establish stock holding KPI’s which will drive storage cost reductions, identifying principal areas of waste generation and implement solutions to minimise or remove.

To educate each Clinical team member on the importance of maintaining accurate stock records.

To ensure that clinics have the tools and knowledge to manage and account for stock transfers between Clinics

To ensure the Finance Department have accurate purchase details (supplier information, invoices and pricing) for internal databases

To establish systems to ensure that units can forecast supply and demand to prevent overstocking and running out-of-stock (OOS)

To have an awareness of supplier lead times and address any delays

To highlight any Health and Safety storage practice improvements to Clinic Manager / Line Manager and Health and Safety manager.

User friendly and accurate stock control system

Accurate financial information

Minimise and negate stock discrepancies.  Accurate stock control.

Accurate financial information

Reduce waste and improve cost efficiencies

Established systems embedded for future use

Accurate financial information

Ensure there is no operational downtime due to lack of stock

To comply with Health & Safety policies

General

To work in harmony with all other team members including team members in different regional groups and to communicate in an open and courteous manner with colleagues, clients, visitors, referring agencies and contractors.

Support a woman’s right to request an abortion within UK legal framework.

To maintain and improve standards of work through the undertaking of training, attending courses and keeping up to date with technical information.

Delivery of maximum efficiency and effectiveness.

Promotion of a supportive and friendly working environment.

Non judgmental attitude.

Continuous development to meet business needs.

Job Title:

RGN or Midwife

Location:

North West (Stockport, Manchester, Bolton, Salford, Oldham, Blackpool)

Reporting to:

Lead Nurse

Advertisement Details:

Several exciting opportunities have arisen for enthusiastic Nurses across NUPAS Clinics in the North West.

We are looking for a nurses who can deliver safe and effective care of clients wanting to access; consultation for unplanned pregnancy, surgical and medical abortions, contraception and sexual health services for women.

You will need to be able to fulfil an integral role within our multidisciplinary team delivering a confidential abortion, contraception and sexual health service. You will need to be motivated, enthusiastic, caring and empathetic. Pro-choice is a must.

For further information please contact:   Rebecca.kelly@nupas.co.uk

Job Outline:

Qualifications and Experience Required:

Qualifications – Essential

·         Current Nurse and / or Midwifery Council (NMC) registration as a Registered Nurse (Sub part 1 of the NMC register)/Registered Midwife

·         Up to date knowledge and experience of working in a sexual health/TOP/Gynaecological service.

Desirable

·         Experience of leading and managing multi-disciplinary teams.

·         Faculty of Reproductive Sexual Healthcare (FSRH Letter of Competence in intrauterine techniques i.e. IUS/IDU fitter and Insertion and removal of Subdermal Implants SDI)

·         Recognised qualification in Independent/Supplementary Prescribing.

·         Ultra sound scanning experience in first and second stage trimester

·         Knowledge, Experience and Skills

·         Ensure the clients are aware of their options

·         Undertaking consultations including the discussion and confirmation of treatment options.

·         Carry out observations

·         Carry out point of care testing including pregnancy testing

·         Discuss contraceptive options and provide/fit contraception in accordance with guidelines NUPAS policies

·         Administration of drugs to clients, following NMC guidelines, Patient Group Directives and NUPAS Policies and procedures

·         Appropriately Consenting clients for treatment/procedures.

·         Provide and inform clients on STI Screening

·         Identify safeguarding concerns.

·         Checking details on client notes and alerting Doctor/surgeon/anaesthetist to any ‘significant conditions’

·         Recovery of clients and monitoring observations following treatment

·         Ensure clients have received and completed a satisfaction survey questionnaire before discharge

·         Ensuring clients are informed about aftercare prior to discharge

·         Providing confidential telephone advice for clients with post-operative problems following discharge

·         Completion of contemporaneous client records, consent and registers

·         Maintenance of client safety

·         Maintenance of client confidentiality and DATA protection

Safeguarding

Safeguarding Children and Adults is Everyone’s responsibility. In order to protect children and vulnerable adults, all staff are required to be familiar with and adhere to the NUPAS safeguarding adults and children policy.

Sustainability

NUPAS attaches great importance to sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility. It is the responsibility of the post holder to minimise the NUPAS’s environmental impact wherever possible. This will include switching off lights, computers, monitors and other non-essential equipment when not in use. Helping to minimise business travel, reduce paper waste by minimising printing/copying, correct waste disposal, reducing water usage, reporting faults and heating/cooling concerns promptly.

Patient Experience

The post holder will have a duty to ensure that the principles of patient, carer and public involvement and engagement are adhered to in line with Section 11 of The Health and Social Care Act 2012 for Improving Patient Experience.

All staff are required to adhere to the principles of patient centred care as detailed in the NICE Quality Standard for Patient Experience and to treat patients with dignity, kindness, compassion, courtesy, respect, understanding and honesty.

The post holder will, in support of the NUPAS Values & Values and ensure that everyone is treated as an individual, and will acknowledge and value difference in order to treat everyone fairly.