National Medicine Supply Service Technician/ Pharmacist

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Job description

National Medicine Supply Service Technician

Working Hours: 28 - 35 hours (4 or 5 days) - flexible to suit the ideal candidate, consideration can be given to one week on/one week off.

Location: St John Ambulance, Ossett, WF5 8LN (office based role)

Salary: upto £30k dependent upon experience (pro-rata'd if part time)

About The Role

The successful candidate will be responsible for the governance and management of Controlled Drugs across the organisation, you will deputise for the National Medicines Manager as subject matter expert for medicines and you are also responsible for the implementation of first line audit processes within the National Medicines Supply Service.

Closely working with the National Medicines Manager to ensure that the charity is maintaining an excellent governance and assurance standards, you are expected to actively demonstrate ongoing CPD, relevant to your key areas of practice in the governance and management of controlled drugs.

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

About You

It is important that the right candidate is a Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacist and registered with the GPhC. You will need experience in purchasing of medicines and related items as well as organising and managing medicines. You must be a strong team player, as you will be working closely with the Clinical and Logistics Teams to meet the needs of the organisation.

About Us

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.

Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.

We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through first aid.

Cycle to work scheme
Free on site parking
Health and Wellbeing portal - access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
Discounts - you'll have access to Blue Light Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym memberships, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping.

Interview Date: TBC

This vacancy is planned to close on the 12th December 2021. Applications will be reviewed and progressed accordingly as and when they are received. We therefore strongly encourage all applicants to make their applications at the earliest opportunity. This vacancy may close prior to the planned closing date if sufficient applications have been received, without prior warning.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, so are particularly interested in applications from women, trans and non-binary people, as well as those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and those with different accessibility needs.

Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the services of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Any speculative CV's submitted may be considered, but no recruitment fees will be paid.