Dispenser

Mendip Vale Medical Group are looking for a Dispensary Assistant to join our practices medicines management team.

The post-holder will ensure that a high quality, safe and efficient dispensing service is available to meet the needs of patients at all times. Operating in accordance with the Surgery Dispensary Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that incorporate principles of good dispensing practice and to assist in the updating and reviewing of these SOPs as required by the Senior Clinical Pharmacist.

The post-holder will develop good working relationships with:

• Clinical Pharmacists, GP, nurses and other Surgery staff
• External Organisations

Main duties of the job

As a Dispensary Assistant your key responsibilities will be,

Issuing stock items and preparedprescriptions.

Collection of prescription charges/checking patient exemption statements.

Ensuring that all monies receivedare appropriately stored and there is a robust record of all financial transactions

Processing and bundlingprescriptions for the Prescription Pricing Authority.

Ensure drugs are stored in an appropriate manner in accordance with the manufacturers instructions.

Ensure that refrigerated itemsare stored at the appropriate temperature and control recorded in the log book

To ensure that all medicines and appliances dispensed are checked against the prescription and whenever there isdoubt about the appropriateness of the item, or about the dose or labellinginstruction, to check with Senior Dispensary members

Overview of your organisation

As a high-achieving and well-organised practice, we embracea Multi-Disciplinary Team approach to care provision.

Changes made from merging and working more effectively haveenabled us to make investment into our buildings, making our estate one of thenewest and brightest in the south west.

Job Description

Working as part of a team the post-holder will ensure that a high quality, safe and efficient dispensing service is available to meet the needs of patients at all times. Operating in accordance with the Surgery Dispensary Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that incorporate principles of good dispensing practice and to assist in the updating and reviewing of these SOPs as required by the Senior Clinical Pharmacist.

The post-holder will develop good working relationships with:

• Clinical Pharmacists, GP, nurses and other Surgery staff

Responsibilities:

• Issuing stock items and prepared prescriptions.
• Collection of prescription charges/checking patient exemption statements.
• Ensuring that all monies received are appropriately stored and there is a robust record of all financial transactions
• Processing and bundling prescriptions for the Prescription Pricing Authority.
• Ensure drugs are stored in an appropriate manner in accordance with the manufacturers instructions.
• Ensure that refrigerated items are stored at the appropriate temperature and control recorded in the log book
• To ensure 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 instruction, to check with senior Dispensary members

Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:

• Maintain full and accurate records of dispensing transactions.
• To undertake any other duties commensurate with the post holders grade as agreed with the Senior Clinical Pharmacist.
• Ensure the dispensary is clean and tidy and that shelves are checked on a regular basis.
• Generate FP10s
• Attending training and events organised by the Surgery or other agencies, where appropriate.

Communication:

• Adapt communication style and content to reflect different type of people when making contact.
• Ability to receive complex, sensitive or contentious information and process appropriately.
• Promote positivity and effective working relationships with commissioners, other health care providers and other key health care providers and other key partners to support an integrated approach to high quality patient care.

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 appropriately.
• Whilst performing the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their careers, surgery staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Surgery as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
• Information relating to patients, careers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Surgery may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Surgery policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety:

• Maintain…