Job summary
Are you enthusiastic with a positive attitude?
Do you have excellent customer service skills?
Can you work under pressure?
If you answered yes to these questions then we really want to hear from you!
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and self-motivated
person with excellent dispensing and customer service skills to join our friendly Dispensary
Team.
Main duties of the job
What you will do
To ensure the provision of quick, efficient and accurate dispensing of medicine to the patients of Lakeside Healthcare Stamford
To ensure that all medicines and appliances dispensed are checked against the prescription
To ensure that all monies received or handled on behalf of the practice are appropriately stored and banked, and a record kept of all financial transactions.
To collect all due prescription charges and ensure that the patient declaration on the reverse of the FP10 is duly filled in and signed by the patient.
To endorse all prescription forms as appropriate, collate and forward the forms in a secure manner to the NHS Prescription Services for processing and reimbursement
To handle stock levels and ensure all drugs are stored in an appropriate manner
To deputise for the Dispensing Team Leader and contribute to joint project and development work across the Dispensing sites within Lakeside as directed by the Dispensing Lead.
About us
LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest true partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across four counties: Northamptonshire, Rutland, and Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire. Joining our team presents an opportunity to be part of a large organisation that is changing the way primary care is delivered today.
About the Practice/Department/Team
Lakeside Healthcare Group Stamford is a forward thinking, progressive organisation offering primary care services to the people of Stamford and surrounding villages. We are a large practice with a population of over 31,000 patients. We are a great team and welcome the challenges that a busy practice brings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job summary:
To ensure the provision of quick, efficient and accurate dispensing of medication to the patientsof Lakeside Healthcare Stamford.
Key tasks:
- To ensure that all medicines and appliances dispensed are checked against theprescription and whenever there is doubt about the appropriateness of the item, or aboutthe dose or labelling instructions to check with the Pharmacist, authorising doctor or dutydoctor.
- To collect all due prescription charges and ensure that the patient declaration on thereverse of the FP10 is duly filled in and signed by the patient.
- To ensure that all monies received or handled on behalf of the practice are appropriatelystored and banked, and a record kept of all financial transactions.
- To promptly forward all invoices and dispensary related correspondence to the practicemanager or dispensary manager according to practice policy.
- To operate efficient stock control appropriate to the needs of the practice, with theobjective of ensuring continuity of supply for patients and minimising wastage throughout of date stock.
- To ensure that drugs are stored in an appropriate manner in accordance with theaccompanying instructions.
- To ensure that shelves and all work surfaces are regularly cleaned to maintain a high levelof hygiene within the dispensary and that all dispensary equipment is kept clean and is ingood working order.
- To take prompt action in response to any drug alert bulletins that may be received fromtime to time.
- To ensure that refrigerated items are stored at the appropriate temperature and tomaintain a temperature control record/logbook.
- To maintain full and accurate records of all dispensing transactions, incorporating the useof computers when available and appropriate.
- To undertake any necessary work as may be required and appropriate to maintain a highstandard and efficient dispensing service.
- To undertake any necessary training as required, including Bluestream Academy.
- To ensure that all processes are followed as per the Standard Operating Procedures
Job responsibilities:
Purchasing and stock control
- Daily ordering of stock
- Weekly checking of DDA stock and ordering as necessary
- Ensuring goods are correctly delivered
- Checking dispensary invoices against delivery notes
- Passing such invoices for payment
- Maintain adequate stocks, ensuring timely stock rotation
- Annual stock takes in dispensary and CD cupboard.
- List and price stock
- Box and price out of date stock
Prescriptions and prescription moneys
- Check prescriptions for signature/endorsements and sort into paid/unpaid by doctor
- Cashing up prescription moneys, balancing and recording
- Submitting prescription moneys to the finance for banking, ensuring sufficient change isavailable
Destruction of drugs
- Daily: dealing with returned medication from patients
- Weekly: dealing with uncollected medication
- Monthly: dealing with returned controlled drugs from patients for destruction
- Quarterly: dealing with out of date controlled drugs with the appropriate officer from theHealth Authority for destruction
Dispensing
- Overseeing/checking colleagues dispensing
- Taking prescription repeats via the telephone or over the counter
- Dispensing acute prescriptions
- Generating monthly repeat prescriptions for the practice, liaising with the relevantpartners over any necessary changes in medication
- Collecting prescription charges from patients
- Dispensing private patients prescriptions, pricing and completing paperwork for finance
- Removing out of date repeats from patients computerised repeat prescription lists
- Preparing Nomad packs / MDS packs
Other
This job description is neither exhaustive nor exclusive and will be reviewed periodically inconjunction with the post holder. The post holder is required to carry out any duties that mayreasonably be requested by the partners or the practice manager. Some of the above duties maybe delegated.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job summary:
To ensure the provision of quick, efficient and accurate dispensing of medication to the patientsof Lakeside Healthcare Stamford.
Key tasks:
- To ensure that all medicines and appliances dispensed are checked against theprescription and whenever there is doubt about the appropriateness of the item, or aboutthe dose or labelling instructions to check with the Pharmacist, authorising doctor or dutydoctor.
- To collect all due prescription charges and ensure that the patient declaration on thereverse of the FP10 is duly filled in and signed by the patient.
- To ensure that all monies received or handled on behalf of the practice are appropriatelystored and banked, and a record kept of all financial transactions.
- To promptly forward all invoices and dispensary related correspondence to the practicemanager or dispensary manager according to practice policy.
- To operate efficient stock control appropriate to the needs of the practice, with theobjective of ensuring continuity of supply for patients and minimising wastage throughout of date stock.
- To ensure that drugs are stored in an appropriate manner in accordance with theaccompanying instructions.
- To ensure that shelves and all work surfaces are regularly cleaned to maintain a high levelof hygiene within the dispensary and that all dispensary equipment is kept clean and is ingood working order.
- To take prompt action in response to any drug alert bulletins that may be received fromtime to time.
- To ensure that refrigerated items are stored at the appropriate temperature and tomaintain a temperature control record/logbook.
- To maintain full and accurate records of all dispensing transactions, incorporating the useof computers when available and appropriate.
- To undertake any necessary work as may be required and appropriate to maintain a highstandard and efficient dispensing service.
- To undertake any necessary training as required, including Bluestream Academy.
- To ensure that all processes are followed as per the Standard Operating Procedures
Job responsibilities:
Purchasing and stock control
- Daily ordering of stock
- Weekly checking of DDA stock and ordering as necessary
- Ensuring goods are correctly delivered
- Checking dispensary invoices against delivery notes
- Passing such invoices for payment
- Maintain adequate stocks, ensuring timely stock rotation
- Annual stock takes in dispensary and CD cupboard.
- List and price stock
- Box and price out of date stock
Prescriptions and prescription moneys
- Check prescriptions for signature/endorsements and sort into paid/unpaid by doctor
- Cashing up prescription moneys, balancing and recording
- Submitting prescription moneys to the finance for banking, ensuring sufficient change isavailable
Destruction of drugs
- Daily: dealing with returned medication from patients
- Weekly: dealing with uncollected medication
- Monthly: dealing with returned controlled drugs from patients for destruction
- Quarterly: dealing with out of date controlled drugs with the appropriate officer from theHealth Authority for destruction
Dispensing
- Overseeing/checking colleagues dispensing
- Taking prescription repeats via the telephone or over the counter
- Dispensing acute prescriptions
- Generating monthly repeat prescriptions for the practice, liaising with the relevantpartners over any necessary changes in medication
- Collecting prescription charges from patients
- Dispensing private patients prescriptions, pricing and completing paperwork for finance
- Removing out of date repeats from patients computerised repeat prescription lists
- Preparing Nomad packs / MDS packs
Other
This job description is neither exhaustive nor exclusive and will be reviewed periodically inconjunction with the post holder. The post holder is required to carry out any duties that mayreasonably be requested by the partners or the practice manager. Some of the above duties maybe delegated.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE English and Maths Grade A-C or equivalent.
- NVQ 2 Dispensing or equivalent
Desirable
- GCSE IT Grade A C / ECDL or good level of knowledge and
- experience of IT.
- NVQ 3 Pharmacy Skills or Equivalent
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE English and Maths Grade A-C or equivalent.
- NVQ 2 Dispensing or equivalent
Desirable
- GCSE IT Grade A C / ECDL or good level of knowledge and
- experience of IT.
- NVQ 3 Pharmacy Skills or Equivalent
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
