Dispenser

Weare looking for a positive and adaptable person who holds their NVQ2 dispensary qualification (or is due to qualify in the next few months). You must be ableto demonstrate relevant recent experience, and possess an adaptable and flexible mentality, as well as a desire to embed newly acquired knowledge andskills

Toapply for this role you will need to be able to demonstrate a thorough knowledge of dispensary requirements/legislation and be able to work well aspart of a team but be equally comfortable to work on your own.

Therole is suited to someone who is IT literate and who will be to work as part ofthe pharmacy and dispensary team across 2 sites, including the repeat prescribing and the clinical system, stock control, stock ordering and costs, problem solving, as well as dealing with our patients.

• Dispensing acute prescriptions.
• Dispensing repeat prescriptions requests received by telephone calls, electronically, face to face and those delivered to the surgery.
• Dispensing private prescriptions.
• MDS dispensing for community and care home patients
• Dealing with returned medicines from patients
• Dealing with uncollected medication
• Handing out prescriptions and collecting charges when appropriate.
• Cashing up prescription moneys, balancing and recording
• Taking prescription repeats over the telephone and at in person from patients.
• Collecting private charges for vaccines and holiday prophylactic medication.
• Sorting, stamping and endorsing prescriptions.
• Submitting all unsigned prescriptions to the doctors, generating nurse prescriptions
• Completing backs of prescriptions.
• Ordering appropriate quantities of goods via the wholesalers computer link.
• Checking goods as and when they are delivered and recording generic details.
• Returning incorrect goods to the wholesalers.
• Stocking shelves, refrigerators and other storage areas using rotation method.
• Removing out of date stock from the shelves, refrigerators and other storage areas.
• Disposal of returned unused medicines.

As a valued member of our team, you will play an important part in our dispensary and pharmacy community. We are a small friendly practice (approx 60 employees over 2sites) who work together well as a team.

Job responsibilities:

Dispensing

Job responsibilities:

Dispensing

• Dispensing acute prescriptions.
• Dispensing repeat prescriptions requests received by telephone calls, electronically, face to face and those delivered to the surgery.
• Dispensing private prescriptions.
• MDS dispensing for community and care home patients
• Administration of Dispensary/Pharmacy computerised system and software associated with this
• Ensuring the dispensary area remains clean and tidy.
• Dealing with returned medicines from patients
• Dealing with uncollected medication

• Handing out prescriptions and collecting charges when appropriate.
• Cashing up prescription moneys, balancing and recording
• Submitting prescription moneys to the finance officer for banking ensuring sufficient change is available
• Taking prescription repeats over the telephone and at in person from patients.
• Collecting private charges for vaccines and holiday prophylactic medication.
• Sorting, stamping and endorsing prescriptions.
• Submitting all unsigned prescriptions to the doctors, generating nurse prescriptions
• Completing backs of prescriptions.
• Generating prescriptions.

• Ordering appropriate quantities of goods via the wholesalers computer link.
• Checking goods as and when they are delivered and recording generic details.
• Returning incorrect goods to the wholesalers.
• Stocking shelves, refrigerators and other storage areas using rotation method.
• Removing out of date stock from the shelves, refrigerators and other storage areas.
• Disposal of returned unused medicines.

• Helping new pharmacy/dispensary staff.
• Assist patients and colleagues with queries, both face to face and over the telephone

This job description is neither exhaustive nor exclusive and will be reviewed periodically in conjunction with the post holder. The post holder is required to carry out any duties that may reasonably be requested by the partners, the dispensary operational lead or the practice manager.

Confidentiality:

• In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act…