Client: Royal Air Force
Location: Antrim, United Kingdom
Job Reference: 4b44be380fdd
Job Views: 6
Posted: 03.03.2025
Expiry Date: 17.04.2025
Job Description:
What will you do?
MSO Pharmacists play a vital role in medicines management and in maintaining our personnel to support operations. You could be deployed on Operations and Exercises to provide specialist advice, medicines management and to support our clinical teams, where you could provide essential care to front-line personnel in the most challenging of environments. Typical responsibilities include:
* Predominantly you will work at your closest unit.
* Be treated, trained and supported as a professional.
* Provide health support to RAF personnel in readiness for and during Operations.
Minimum Education Requirements:
* Be a registered member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
* Be a graduate Pharmacist with evidence of having completed 2 years of post-graduate rotational training in a secondary healthcare environment.
* Have a minimum of 5 GCSE/SCEs at grade C/2 Grade 4/5 wef Aug 17, including English Language and Maths.
Additional Requirements:
* Be aged 18-54. Applicants must apply no later than age 54 and 9 months in order to attest before 55th birthday. Ex-Regulars and specialist entrants may be considered on a case by case basis.
* Be a citizen of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, holder of dual UK/other nationality or have been a Commonwealth citizen since birth (with indefinite leave to remain immigration status).
* Commit 27 days per year.
* Pass the Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre.
Training and Career:
At any level or position your personal success is vital to make us succeed too. We are dedicated to your future, as it is essential to ours. You will receive basic and specialist training in your field and we even provide the option to pay for your education. The experience you gain with the RAF will equip you to work at the top of your field, both in the UK and overseas.
Commitment and Location:
You will have to commit to 27 days per year. Each year includes a 15-day block for general RAF training, and 12 separate days for extra training or exercises. You might be deployed to a UK or overseas base for up to 6 months after the first year.
Entry Requirements:
Applicants must be aged 18-54 (and meet all specialist/professional pre-requisites listed below). Applicants must apply no later than age 54 and 9 months in order to attest before 55th birthday. Ex-Regulars and specialist entrants may be considered on a case by case basis.
Education Requirements:
Must have a minimum of 5 GCSE/SCEs at grade C/2 Grade 4/5 with effect from Aug 17 minimum or equivalent, including English Language and Maths. You must also have an accredited degree in Pharmacy (MPharm, BPharm BSc). You must be a registered member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) with evidence of having completed 2 years of post-graduate rotational training in a secondary healthcare environment.
Fitness Requirements:
You must be physically fit to complete both initial and specialist training, and to do your role effectively. As part of the application process, you will need to do the Pre-Joining Fitness Test (PJFT), which takes place at a fitness centre local to you.
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