Dispensary Manager

Job summary

Hingham Surgery is looking to appoint a dispensary manager to help lead our organisation on a full-time basis, 37.5 hours per week over 5 days.

If you have experience of working in healthcare, with the general public and ideally leading multidisciplinary teams and are looking for a new challenge, then we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for the management and smooth running of the dispensary
• Oversee the patient navigation operations of the practice, ensuring staff achieve their primary responsibilities.
• Oversee the provision of quick, efficient, and accurate dispensing of medication to patients, and to ensure effective financial control of the dispensary.
• Work closely with clinical staff to ensure the smooth running of the practice, reporting any problems encountered to the relevant person.
• Preparation and regular review of Standard Operating Procedures.
• Preparation of Practice Formulary after consultation with dispensary clinical lead.
• Oversee prescription collation and endorsing.
• Oversee submission of prescriptions and preparation of end of month return to the PPD.
• Order of vaccines for annual vaccination campaigns.
• Providing training in dispensary as needed.
• Monthly checks of the drug tariff for price and category changes, check Monthly Index of Medical Specialties (MIMS) for new or discontinued drugs, and following up changes with drug company representatives where necessary.
• Manage and co-ordinate Dispensing Services Quality Scheme (DSQS), including dispensing review of use of medication (DRUMS), competency assessments, audits and self-assessment submission.

About us

Hingham is a beautiful small market town with a Georgian marketplace. It is a thriving town with a primary school, library, pub, co-op supermarket, butcher, and baker. It is close to Norwich and Wymondham, Attleborough and Dereham.

Our clinical team consists of a total of 8 GPs, 5 practice nurses, 2.5 HCAs, 2 clinical pharmacists, mental health practitioners, first contact physio, and social prescriber.

We teach year 3 medical students and are research active.

More about us:

• We have a happy, stable team with a friendly atmosphere.
• We are blessed with really lovely patients. Our patients are appreciative of our efforts. We have a virtuous cycle of satisfied patients.
• We are on our patients side. We value relationships and continuity. We know our patients. Our philosophy is to be caring, friendly, efficient and safe.

If you would like an informal visit to the practice please contact our practice manager Tony Vanderweele via email tony.vanderweele@nhs.net or telephone 01953 850237.

Benefits include:

• Competitive salary
• NHS pension scheme
• Annual leave: 25 days plus bank holidays pro rata
• Free on-site parking
• Eye-care vouchers