Pharmacy Dispenser - East Didsbury Superstore

Tesco; Manchester; On-site; GBP 17,729 - 19,396; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

20 days holiday + 1 personal day

10% off with Colleague Clubcard

Free wellbeing services

Life cover of 5× pay

Uniform provided

Job summary

A leading UK supermarket is looking for a Pharmacy Dispenser in East Didsbury Superstore. Responsibilities include supporting pharmacy operations and accurately dispensing medicines while engaging with customers. Candidates should have qualifications from working in a pharmacy environment and a strong desire to develop in the pharmacy field. This role offers a competitive pay starting from £12.87 per hour with various benefits, including discounts and flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Qualifications from working in a pharmacy environment.
• Desire to train and develop into the pharmacy field.

Responsibilities

• Support the operation of our modern pharmacy.
• Accurately dispense medicines with strong customer focus.
• Provide information on common ailments and symptoms.
• Advise customers on available pharmacy services.

Skills

Pharmacy environment experience

Customer engagement

Attention to detail

Job description

Pharmacy Dispenser – East Didsbury Superstore

Tesco, Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Pay: Starting from £12.87 an hour; increases to £14.08 for stores inside the M25. Additional payments may apply depending on location.

Hours: Minimum of 16 guaranteed hours per week; flexible to a minimum of 12 hours.

Availability Window

• Sunday: 11:00–17:00
• Monday: 11:30–21:00
• Saturday: 12:00–21:00

We will schedule contracted hours within these windows and provide at least 3 weeks' notice of shift times. Flexibility is welcomed if your availability closely matches the advertised times.

Responsibilities

• Support the operation of our modern pharmacy.
• Accurately dispense medicines with strong customer focus.
• Dispense prescription medicines, maintaining attention to detail and accuracy.
• Engage customers, offering information confidently and professionally.
• Provide information on common ailments, symptoms and products.
• Understand customers' needs, explain product benefits and recommend appropriate items.
• Advise customers on available pharmacy services.
• Deliver pharmacy services and dispensing process according to SOP.
• Assess legal appropriateness of dispensed prescriptions.
• Handle clinical and legal queries from healthcare practitioners within competence.
• Respond to customer queries regarding prescription medicines and inform the pharmacist of complaints.
• Ensure dispensary routines and SOPs are followed.
• Maintain clean, tidy, and clutter‑free dispensary and consulting rooms.
• Complete all prescription administration accurately and on time.
• Implement promotional activities and company initiatives with the team.
• Carry out procedures accurately to protect profit and trade safely and legally.
• Complete corporate and departmental training.
• Keep up to date with legal and professional developments in pharmacy.

Qualifications

• Qualifications from working in a pharmacy environment.
• Desire to train and develop into the pharmacy field.

Benefits

• Holiday: 20 days + 1 personal day, rising to 22 days after 12 months (plus Bank Holidays).
• Flexible working request from day one.
• 10% off and 15% off at pay‑day weekends – save up to £2,000 annually with Colleague Clubcard.
• Free wellbeing services.
• Life cover of 5× pay and award‑winning pension with up to 7.5% matching contributions.
• Varied benefits – discounts, shares, cycle‑to‑work schemes.
• Uniform provided.
• Access to colleague networks and support.

About Us

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer’s favourite way to shop, whether at home or on the move. Our core purpose is “Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.” Serving means more than a transactional relationship – we act as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, the communities we serve, and the planet.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whom you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and can be yourself at work. Everyone’s welcome.

We are proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and are committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

Legal and Recruitment Notes

Tesco will only recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver’s age. For your country’s school leavers age please click here.

We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, beers, wines & spirits, counters, bakery and driving roles.

On occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview.

For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com