Work

This role provides the apprentice with the opportunity to develop general office skills and gain specific knowledge of the medical supply industry.

What you’ll do at work

Full training and mentoring provided for;

Office Administration;

• Maintain accurate customer records, price lists and order histories.
• Prepare quotes and product information packs for clients and sales teams.
• Carry out general administrative tasks such as data entry, filing and scanning.
• Assist in preparing documentation for tenders, audits and compliance checks.

Team & Training support;

• Collaborate with sales and purchasing teams to support smooth operations.
• Follow relevant healthcare regulations (e.g. MHRA, GDPR, ISO standards).
• Attend apprenticeship training sessions and instructor-mentor review sessions and complete all coursework on schedule.
• Take part in team meetings and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Any other duties that fit with your role or add to your knowledge, skills and behaviours for the apprenticeship qualification.

Where you’ll work

CMS House, Leekbrook

Training

Apprentices will be required to attend on-campus activity days every 6 weeks alongside off and on the job training.

Your training course

Business Administration Apprenticeship

Your training plan

6-weekly on-campus training days alongside training from the workplace and gular review sessions with your college instructor-mentor who will visit the apprentice in the workplace regularly, completing observations, professional discussions and ensure the apprentice remains on track with their coursework.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

• GCSE English (Grade 4 or above) essential
• GCSE Maths (Grade 4 or above) essential

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation
• Reliable
• Customer care
• Problem solving
• Administrative
• Logical
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• An interest in the industry
• Ability to learn from peers
• A desire to learn

Other requirements

Please consider how you will travel to work each day.

About this company

Central Medical Supplies Ltd. (CMS) is a family-owned business founded in 1989 by Philip Champ, who remains the Chairman and Managing Director today.
For over 35 years, our Staffordshire-based team has developed our product portfolio to provide an innovative range of medical devices and ancillary services for the NHS and private sector acute hospitals.
Renowned for our critical care and neonatal equipment, we manufacture the globally used Swabsafe™, a safe swab-management system, and AXifeed® for the neonatal sector.
At CMS, we are dedicated to constantly revising our product ranges to provide the most up-to-date medical technologies and solutions.

www.centralmedical.co.uk

After this apprenticeship

Successful apprentices may be offered a permanent position upon completion with opportunities to progress into customer service, sales support, compliance or logistics roles within the medical sector.