Pharmacy Dispenser - Clevedon Superstore

Tesco UK; Clevedon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading grocery retailer in Clevedon is looking for a Pharmacy Dispenser to join their team. The role involves accurately dispensing medication, providing excellent customer service, and supporting pharmacy operations. Candidates should have qualifications from working in a Pharmacy environment and a desire to grow in the field. Flexible working hours are available, starting at a pay rate of £12.87 per hour.

Qualifications

• Desire to train and develop in the Pharmacy field.
• Competence in delivering high-quality healthcare service.

Responsibilities

• Support the operation of the Pharmacy.
• Dispense medication accurately and ensure a great customer service.
• Provide information to customers on Pharmacy services.

Skills

Technical skills in Pharmacy

Customer focus

Education

Qualifications gained from working in a Pharmacy environment

Job description

Availability Window

• Mon: 11:45 – 20:00
• Tue: 09:30 – 13:30
• Wed: 08:15 – 13:30
• Sat: 08:15 – 16:00

Our Pharmacy Dispenser rate of pay starts from £12.87 an hour; this increases to £14.08 for stores inside the M25. Additional payments may also apply depending on location.

It’s our policy to offer new colleagues joining us a minimum of 16 guaranteed hours each week, but if you’d like to work fewer hours (to a minimum of 12) we have opportunities for this too and would still love to hear from you.

We will schedule your contracted hours within the availability windows and you will have 3 weeks’ notice of exactly when your shifts will be. We support flexibility for our colleagues; if the times you’re available work closely but not exactly to the times we are advertising we’d still love to hear from you.

About this role

Working alongside experienced Pharmacists and managers, you will receive local management and leadership support in whatever store you are based. Our management team comes from a variety of backgrounds so there is always a chance to learn.

We are looking for talented and driven Pharmacy professionals who can deliver the highest quality healthcare service to our customers and in return, we’ll provide a supportive team, detailed industry training and a varied working environment where no two days are the same.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the operation of one of our new modern Pharmacies.
• Applying your technical skills and strong customer focus to accurately dispense medication for our customers.
• Dispensing prescription medicines, ensuring attention to detail and accuracy are maintained at all times.
• Talking to customers and offering information in a confident, friendly and professional manner, providing our customers with a great service, making them want to visit our Pharmacy again.
• Offering appropriate information to customers on common ailments, symptoms and products.
• Taking time to understand the customers’ needs, explaining the benefits of the products in a way they understand and only selling products that are right for the customer.
• Advising customers on the range of Pharmacy services available.
• Supporting and delivering Pharmacy services and the dispensing process according to the Standard Operating Procedures.
• Assessing the legal appropriateness of dispensed prescriptions.
• Dealing with clinical and legal queries from Healthcare practitioners within area of competence.
• Responding to customer queries in relation to prescription medicines, informing the Pharmacist of any complaints.
• Ensuring all dispensary routines and Standard Operating Procedures are followed.
• Ensuring dispensary and consulting rooms are clean, tidy and free of clutter.
• Ensuring all prescription administration is accurate and completed on time.
• Bringing promotional activities and company initiatives within the team to life.
• Carrying out all procedures accurately to protect profit and ensure we trade safely and legally.
• Completing corporate and departmental training.
• Keeping up to date with legal and professional developments in pharmacy.

Qualifications

• Qualifications gained from working in a Pharmacy environment.
• A desire to train and develop into the Pharmacy field.

Legal & Age

Tesco will only recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver’s age. Candidates must be over the age of 18.

Equal Opportunities & Inclusion

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that who ever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. We are a place where everyone’s welcome.