Dispensing Assistant

Job summary

*Taurus Healthcare are advertising on behalf of Mortimer Medical Practice*

Interview date: 1st June 2022

Hours per week: 18-30 hours (minimum contract 18 hours)

Location: Kingsland, Leintwardine and Orleton Surgeries

We have had an uplift within our dispensaries and are currently recruiting for part-time Pharmacy Dispenser to join our Dispensing team based in rural Herefordshire. Level 2 or 3 NVQ in Pharmacy Services is essential.

Our three site Practice has just over 8500 patients. Our main site is in the village of Kingsland and we have two satellite surgeries in the villages of Leintwardine and Orleton. The successful candidate would be expected to work across our sites.

This is therefore an exciting opportunity to provide high-quality patient care whilst working with an excellent and experienced team who are committed to effective delivery.

The candidate should be able to demonstrate evidence of CPD. The practice team encourages and provides opportunities for ongoing professional development.

A full driving license is essential as the post holder will be required to travel between sites as the service requires.

For informal enquiries please contact either Fiona Harper (Practice Manager) on 01568 702000 or Jeanne Wood (Dispensary Manager) on 01568 708214.

Main duties of the job

• Be the first port of call to patients

• Taking in and handing out prescriptions
• Dispensing prescriptions
• Using dispensary and stores computer systems to generate stock lists and labels
• Helping to maintain reasonable dispensary stock levels
• Receiving, loading, unloading incoming goods from wholesalers, manufacturers and elsewhere
• Selling over the counter medicines
• Answering queries on the supply and availability of medicines, where this is within their competence
• Responding to telephone and face to face enquiries of a routine nature from patients, their representatives, members of the public and a wide range of staff groups and referring queries to the relevant member of the pharmacy team when necessary
• Drawing any problems identified or queries raised to the attention of pharmacists or pharmacy technicians
• Pre-packing, assembling and labelling medicines
• Ensuring that health and safety requirements are met

About us

Our three site Practice has just over 8500 patients. Our main site is in the village of Kingsland and we have two satellite surgeries in the villages of Leintwardine and Orleton. We are a dispensing practice with a dispensary on each site.

We have 4 GP partners and a salaried GP. The Dispensing team consists of a Network Pharmacist, Level 3 Manager (pharmacy technician), 1 level 3 pharmacy technician, two Level 3 dispensers and three level 2 dispensing assistants and 1 trainee dispenser working across the sites.

We are a proactive teaching site of GP registrars, Student Nurses, Dispensers and Business admin apprentices.