Dispenser/Patient Services Advisor

NHS Jobs; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 12,000 - 14,000; Part time

Job summary

Lakeside Healthcare Brigstock is seeking a part-time Dispenser to join the dispensary team. The role supports prescription issuing, dispensing medications and providing patient service in a busy GP surgery setting.

The post notes a 25-hour week with no visa sponsorship and a focus on accurate dispensing, stock control and reception duties as needed to ensure smooth service delivery.

Qualifications

• NVQ2 Dispensing qualification.
• Experience as a dispenser in a GP surgery.
• Experience in a busy, multi-functional team and handling confidential information.

Responsibilities

• All medicines and appliances dispensed are checked against the prescription.
• To collect all due prescription charges.
• To endorse all prescription forms as appropriate.
• Receiving patients and consulting with members of the practice team.
• Handing completed repeat prescriptions to the patient and checking names and address.
• Be able to cover all reception positions as necessary.
• Process appointment requests from patients for on the day and future appointments.
• Deal with visit requests and update patient records.

Skills

Dispensing

Customer service

Teamwork

Data confidentiality

Education

NVQ2 Dispensing

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

To ensure the provision of professional and efficientservice to the patients of Lakeside Healthcare Brigstock attending theDispensary.

Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants will be required to demonstrate their right to work in the UK at interview.

Please note this is a part time role offering 25 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

Key tasks will include but are not limited to:

• Prescription issuing
• Dispensing medication
• Customer Service
• Tasks
• Stock control

About us

LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primarycare provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious anddetermined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest true partnershipin the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We servethe healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire,Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire. Joining our team presents an opportunity tobe part of a large organisation that is changing the way primary care isdelivered today.

Living and breathing our values atLakeside Healthcare

Caring & Respect: Simply put we genuinely care aboutpeople: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come firstin everything we do. We strive to ensure we connect and respond to all needswith compassion, care and respect to improve the lives and wellbeing of thecommunities we serve.

Teamwork & Quality: In all areas of our business wenetwork, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each anotherto ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and bestdecisions to provide the best service.

About thePractice/Department/Team

The dispensing team consists of 3 dispensers, in asmall but bust dispensary. The team workswell to ensure patients prescriptions are delivered in a timely manner adheringto all our protocols to ensure safe prescribing.

Working in a small part time surgery in a rurallocation.

Job responsibilities

• All medicines and appliances dispensed are checked against the prescription
• To collect all due prescription charges
• To endorse all prescription forms as appropriate
• Receiving patients and consulting with members of the practice team
• Handing completed repeat prescriptions to the patient and checking names and address
• Be able to cover all reception positions as necessary
• Keeping the reception area, notice-boards and leaflet dispensers tidy and free from obstructions and clutter
• Process appointment requests from patients for on the day and future appointments by telephone and in person
• Deal with visit requests
• Registration of new patients computer data entry and medical records
• Process patients change of address computer data and medical records (have knowledge of Practice area
• Process repeat prescription requests in accordance with practice guidelines
• Clear consulting rooms after surgeries of patient paperwork
• Restocking of consulting rooms of stationary
• Ensure building security having thorough knowledge of doors/windows/alarm
• Duties may be varied from time to time under the direction of the Practice Director/ Reception Team Leader dependent on current and evolving practice workload and staffing levels.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Good standard of education
• NVQ2 Dispensing

Experience

• Experience of working as a Dispenser within a GP Surgery
• Experience of working in a busy &multi-functional team
• Knowledge of using SystmOne (Clinical database)
• A minimum of three years' experience in a customer facing environment
• Experience of handling confidential information and data.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.