Pharmacy 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 £28k to £35k  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)

This vacancy is due to close on the 31st December 2021.  Suitable applicants will be invited for interview as and when applications have been received.  Therefore the vacancy may close sooner than the 31st December, without prior warning.  For this reason we actively encourage applicants to submit their application at the earliest opportunity. 

Recruitment agencies are not currently being used for this vacancy, however, any speculative CV’s that are submitted may be considered, but no fees will be paid in this circumstance.’

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 10th Febuary 2022.  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.

If you are a current St John Ambulance employee, please apply here: Click here

For all other candidates, or SJA volunteers wishing to apply, please click here

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.