PART TIME DISPENSER

Integrated Care System; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 14,000; Part time

Job summary

Join our award-winning Abbeyview Surgery team as a part-time Dispenser, dedicated to providing excellent patient-centred care. You'll handle prescriptions, engage with patients, ensure accurate dispensing, and support pharmacy operations, all while contributing to a collaborative team ethos.

Benefits

6 weeks holiday (pro-rata)

Bank Holidays

Inclusion in NHS pension scheme

Qualifications

• Qualified to NVQ level 2 or equivalent in Dispensing Services.

Responsibilities

• Accurate dispensing and labelling of prescriptions.
• Maintaining accurate records and communicating with patients.
• Handling prescriptions and providing counselling about medicines.

Skills

Efficient dispensing

Customer service

Communication

Education

NVQ level 2 in Dispensing Services

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join our friendly team of dedicated professionals to deliver high quality, patient-centred care to our patients.

The whole team works together to provide an innovative and caring service where patients are truly at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking for a part-time Dispenser (circa 20 hours per week) to join our team in the Abbeyview Surgery.

The position offers 6 weeks holiday, pro-rata, together with Bank Holidays and inclusion in the NHS pension scheme.

Main duties of the job

To provide accurate and efficient dispensing of prescriptions in accordance with standard operating procedures. Dispensing and labelling prescriptions accurately, safely and in a timely fashion. Maintaining accurate manual and computer records. Communicating with other members of the pharmacy team, customers, and patients to solve problems and ensure high standards of service. Supporting optimal stock management including date checking.

To effectively handle prescriptions and associated interactions with patients, ensuring a positive and professional user experience, by: communicating with and assisting patients, their representatives face-to-face, over the telephone, or by electronic methods in a polite and efficient manner. Working within the limits of knowledge, skills, and responsibilities and making appropriate referrals to other members of the dispensary team in accordance with standard operating procedures. Receiving prescriptions from patients, their representatives, and Practice staff and obtaining information to enable the dispensing team to safely prepare medicines. Taking payments in cash and electronically, and confirming entitlement to exemption. Handing out dispensed medicines and providing appropriate counselling to patients or their representatives about their medicines within the limits of knowledge and competency. Maintaining accurate records of transactions and filing prescriptions.

About us

Abbeyview Surgery is a semi-rural, part-dispensing Practice serving circa 9,100 patients in Crowland, Lincolnshire. We are CQC Outstanding and our team has won several awards for patient care locally and nationally.

We have a strong team ethos where all departments work collaboratively to provide the best patient-centred care possible.

The Practice has won national and local awards for providing excellent patient care, including the Carers Quality Award, MacMillan Award for Excellence in Cancer Care, General Practice of the Year, and the Collaborative Working with Patients and Other Providers Award.

Job responsibilities

Key Job Responsibilities

To provide accurate and efficient dispensing of prescriptions in accordance with standard operating procedures. Successfully completing the dispensing assessment and accurately dispensing medicines. Dispensing and labelling prescriptions accurately, safely, and in a timely fashion. Maintaining accurate manual and computer records. Communicating with other members of the pharmacy team, customers, and patients to solve problems and ensure high standards of service. Supporting optimal stock management including date checking.

To effectively handle prescriptions and associated interactions with patients, ensuring a positive and professional user experience, by: communicating with and assisting patients, their representatives face-to-face, over the telephone, or by electronic methods in a polite and efficient manner. Working within the limits of knowledge, skills, and responsibilities and making appropriate referrals to other members of the dispensary team in accordance with standard operating procedures. Receiving prescriptions from patients, their representatives, and Practice staff and obtaining information to enable the dispensing team to safely prepare medicines. Taking payments in cash and electronically, and confirming entitlement to exemption. Handing out dispensed medicines and providing appropriate counselling to patients or their representatives about their medicines within the limits of knowledge and competency. Maintaining accurate records of transactions and filing prescriptions.

There may also be a requirement to undertake other similar duties as part of this post in order to provide a quality service. These will be consistent with the level of responsibilities outlined above.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualified to NVQ level 2 or equivalent in Dispensing Services

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.