National Medicine Supply Operative

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

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).

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.

• 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

• 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

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St John Ambulance are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.

At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive, we have seven networks including The Armed Forces Network, The Disability & Accessibility Network, The Family & Carers Network, The Heritage & Ethnicity Equity Network, LGBTQIA + Equity, The Multifaith Network & The Women’s Network. We do not tolerate any form ofdiscriminationandengendera sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship.

We believe passionately in equality, diversity and inclusion.

St John Ambulance is proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. We are committed to supporting current and former members of the Armed Forces, reservists, veterans, cadet force adult volunteers, and military families, ensuring they are treated fairly and are not disadvantaged in their recruitment or employment with us.

St John Ambulance is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice. Therefore, all successful applicants will undergo pre‑employment checks, including DBS Clearance, as part of the onboarding process, if applicable to the nature of the role'.

Please note:

St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.