Dispenser

Job summary

Plowright Surgery in Swaffham is looking to welcome a qualified dispenser into our busy practice, on a part time basis for 32.5 hours per week,who will play a full and active role as part of the practice multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

• Processing all relevant prescriptions and repeat prescriptions as authorised by GP's and prescribing nurses where appropriate, in accordance with the good practice principles of the Dispensing Services Quality Scheme;
• Ensuring that all medicines and appliances dispensed are checked against the prescription and whenever there is doubt about the appropriateness of the item, or about the dose or labelling instructions, to check with the authorising doctor or duty doctor;
• Collecting 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;
• Processing Hospital Letters;
• Processing Dossett Boxes;
• Managing stock ordering and stock control;
• Preparing monthly returns to the Prescription Pricing Bureau;
• Answering and dealing withdispensary phone enquiries;
• Monitoring patients exemption status;
• Sorting and disposing of unwanted/returned medication;
• Any other duties assisting in the smooth day to day running of the dispensary and surgery as directed by the either the Dispensary Manager or Practice Manager.

About us

We are a caring, friendly, proactive practice in a beautiful location, close to the city of Norwich and the breath-taking Norfolk coast. Equidistant to The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kings Lynn and the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital in Norwich, around 30 minutes from the University of East Anglia and the Nursing & Midwifery School. Plowright is a dispensing practice with c. 6500 patients across 2 sites, an award winning premises at our Swaffham main surgery and branch surgery at Necton, 5 miles away.We currently utilise EMIS Web and Docman software Systems, however we will be migrating to TPP System One in August 2024. We have a 'Good' CQC rating, achieve high QOF points and have an excellent reception, dispensary and admin support teams.

Benefits include:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
  • The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefits scheme
  • Life insurance
  • Family benefits including an adult dependents pension and children's pension
  • Ill health benefits
  • 20% employer contribution
• Free on site parking
• Annual leave of 4 weeks per year plus Bank Holidays