About this role
Job summary
About Us
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,100 employees and over 20,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning. As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.
St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g. our Volunteers and Community Advocates, and Young Responders programmes).
Job Summary
Do you want to make a difference and be part of a vibrant and inclusive organisation that has been helping save lives for more than a century? As one of the countrys best-loved charities, St John Ambulance plays a pivotal role in responding to health emergencies, providing training, supporting communities, and improving young peoples lives. Are you a practicing Pharmacy Technician looking for your next challenge?
We are looking for you to join our team, on a part-time basis to support the National Medicine Supply Service (NMSS) and work closely with the NMSS Manager, whilst maintaining clinical currency outside of St John Ambulance.
Main duties of the job
You will be vital to ensuring we maintain our excellent governance and assurance standards regarding medicines. Day to day, you will work as part of the team within our NMSS stores to oversee and accurately check relabelled and repackaged medication as well as manage the stock and record-keeping of Controlled Drugs. There will be occasional travel to our hubs, or online meetings, to provide services such as: guidance surrounding Controlled Drugs, assisting with audits and inspections and undertaking spot checks.
About us
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. You will receive:
- Competitive salary and pension scheme
- 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing to 38 days over 5 years
- Cycle to work scheme Electric Vehicle Scheme (subject to terms)
- Health and Wellbeing portal access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounts you will have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will work closely with the National Medicines Supply Service (NMSS) Manager, within the NMSS, to ensure that the charity is maintaining their excellent governance and assurance standards regarding medicines. Adhering to guidance from our NMSS Manager, you will undertake daily duties relating to governance and management of all medicines, including Controlled Drugs within our NMSS stores.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Practicing Pharmacy Technician
- Maintain clinical currency in an alternative Pharmacy setting, alongside
- this role
- Registered with the GPhC
- Up to date CPD portfolio, relevant to current area of practice
- Hold a full UK driving license and be willing to undertake additional
- internal driving qualifications, as required
Desirable
- Accuracy checking qualification
Skills, knowledge and abilities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at all
- levels
- Ability to prioritise effectively
- Excellent accuracy and attention to detail
- Relevant subject matter expertise, with a focus on legal aspects of
- medicines
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and basic level IT applications e.g. Outlook
- Knowledge to problem solve within your scope of practice
- Confidence to escalate problems outside of your scope of practice to
- relevant parties
- Understanding the importance of customer service and working with
- service level targets
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience
Essential
- Experience in organising and managing medicines
- Experience in operating robust medicines governance systems and
- processes
Desirable
- Experience in purchasing of medicines and related items
- Experience in undertaking first line medicines audit or data collection
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
St John Ambulance
Address
Healey Road
Ossett
WF5 8LN
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.sja.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)