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Dispensary Warehouse Temp

Job type: Full-time, fixed-term – March – September 2026

Pay: £12.71/hr 

We are looking for a Dispensary Warehouse Temp to assist the warehouse team with the efficient running of the Dispensary with particular focus on the dispatching of medication and vaccines, and the general maintenance of stock. You will be required to work alongside the Warehouse team day to day and on occasion may also be required to help in the office. 

The main elements and objectives of the role are: 

  • Ensuring all orders are dispatched before courier deadlines are fully compliant with transport regulations, and each parcel contains all the necessary paperwork
  • Maintaining the stock to ensure full compliance with stock rotation and storage demands 
  • Completing medication prescriptions
  • Informing the warehouse team and office team of any short-dated stock
  • Ensuring all goods are correctly labelled and have all the necessary paperwork 
  • Assisting with stock takes
  • Preparation of laboratory testing kits
  • Unpacking and checking medication and vaccine deliveries 
  • Confirming and checking goods received 
  • Maintaining the dispensary to the highest possible standard of tidiness and cleanliness
  • Helping to ensure the daily/weekly warehouse jobs are kept up to date and liaising with the office if the warehouse needs any assistance
  • Assisting with weekly low stock counts and full stock counts for replenishment purposes 
  • Assisting with batch queries and responding in a timely manner 

Key Skills

  • Proven organisational skills to adapt to changing environments – The ability to think on your feet and always be one step ahead
  • Excellent PC skills, including Word, Excel, and Outlook 
  • Competent with calculations 
  • The ability to prioritise work and manage time effectively – Multitasking and prioritising workload, ensuring the most effective and efficient way in time management
  • Excellent customer service skills – be polite, confident and friendly, understand the needs of customers and be able to remain patient, calm and polite in difficult situations 
  • Good problem-solving skills – be flexible and quick thinking, be able to follow instructions, be good at teamwork and be able to work with own initiative 

General requirements

You must: 

  • Be aware of and comply with company procedures and instructions at all times
  • Act in accordance with good health and safety practices, fire and first aid procedures, including the wearing of protective clothing where applicable
  • Be present and ready to commence work at the specified time each day and to continue to work effectively until the specified time to leave 
  • Be prepared to work after normal hours if required 
  • Recognise and protect the confidentiality of any and all information pertaining to the operations of St David’s Poultry Team Ltd
  • Be a conscientious member of staff and be prepared to be flexible in carrying out any other duties that maybe required
  • Observe at all times the requirements of the terms and conditions of your employment 

Please note that this job description covers the main requirements of the role, but it is not exhaustive and may be subject to changes of definition as may become necessary from time to time. 

If this role sounds of interest, we’d love to hear from you to chat through the role in more detail. 

Contact us: 01392 872932

hr@stdavids-vets.co.uk