National Medicine Supply Operative

St John Ambulance; Ossett; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join St John Ambulance as a National Medicine Supply Operative in Ossett. Assist in the building and returning of life-saving medicine packs, while ensuring compliance and efficient operation of the medicine store. This role offers competitive benefits and the chance to contribute to community health initiatives.

Benefits

Competitive salary and pension scheme

33 days holiday, increasing to 38 days over 5 years

Cycle to work scheme

Health and Wellbeing portal

Discounts on various services

Qualifications

• Strong customer service skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Educated to GCSE level (Grade C) or equivalent including Maths & English.

Responsibilities

• Assist in building and processing returns of life-saving medicine packs.
• Ensure operational duties and administration are undertaken efficiently.
• Support employees and volunteers nationally to facilitate service delivery.

Skills

Customer service skills

Attention to detail

Effective communication

Education

Educated to GCSE level (Grade C) or equivalent

Job description

National Medicine Supply Operative, Ossett

Client:

St John Ambulance

Location:

Ossett, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

4

Posted:

02.06.2025

Expiry Date:

17.07.2025

Job Description:

National Medicine Supply Operative

Our offer to you

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
• 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

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About Us

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,200 employees and over 29500 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, Falls response and Night Time Economy) 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, NHS Cadets and Young Responders programmes). There is also a buoyant social enterprise network which delivers first aid training and supplies medical consumables to businesses and consumers.

Job Summary

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You will assist in the building and returning of life-saving medicine packs; ensuring all packs are safe, legal, and properly kitted. You will also process medicine pack returns, checking for compliancy and returning of medicines in a safe and legal manner. You will play an important role in the day-to-day operations of the medicine store, ensuring that operational duties and administration is undertaken in an efficient, correct, and timely manner following national processes.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Educated to GCSE level (Grade C) or equivalent inc. Maths & English
• UK driving licence
• Experience of working within a small team environment undertaking administration and using basic level IT applications
• Strong customer service skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels
• Ability to prioritise with good attention to detail

About the Role

• Follow national policies and procedures in relation to medicine supply and management for SJA
• Working within the National Medicine Supply Service stores on a daily basis
• Assist in the building, processing of returns and quality assurance checks of medicine packs for first aid services, ambulance operations and community projects
• Assist the National Medicine Supply Service team in ensuring that the medicines store is appropriately stocked and clean; ensuring that all necessary records are kept verifying this
• Support employees and volunteers nationally to facilitate service delivery and safe working practice

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

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Created on 02/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom