Pharmacy Dispenser - Eastbourne Extra

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

Job summary

A leading grocery retailer in Eastbourne is seeking a Pharmacy Dispenser to provide high-quality healthcare service. The ideal candidate will dispense medications, support customers, and ensure compliance with legal practices. This role offers a competitive hourly wage and flexible working hours, making it ideal for those looking for guaranteed weekly hours. Join a supportive team that values community health and customer care.

Benefits

20 days holiday plus personal day

10% off purchases

Access to free wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Experience in a Pharmacy is essential.
• Desire to train and develop in the Pharmacy field.

Responsibilities

• Dispensing prescription medicines accurately and on time.
• Providing excellent customer service.
• Maintaining cleanliness and order in the dispensary.

Skills

Customer service

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

Qualifications gained from working in a Pharmacy environment

Job description

Tesco UK • eastbourne • Permanent • Apply by 26-Oct-2025

Availability

• Sunday: 10:00–16:00
• Tuesday: 08:30–11:30
• Wednesday: 11:00–14:00
• Saturday: 16:00–20:00

Pharmacy Dispenser pay: starts from £12.87 per hour; increases to £14.08 for stores inside the M25. Additional payments may apply depending on location.

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

We will schedule contracted hours within the availability windows and provide 3 weeks' notice of exact start times. We are happy to support flexibility if your available times match closely but not exactly the advertised times. Click here to read more.

Customers are at the heart of everything we do.

Discover what it's like to work in a fast-paced environment where colleagues deliver a gold standard of service and patient care. Daily responsibilities include dispensing medicines, helping customers with new medicines, providing vaccinations, reviewing medicine use, and checking blood pressure or blood glucose levels. It's about supporting communities by making the best healthcare choices available and convenient for local people.

Working alongside experienced Pharmacists and managers, you will receive local management and leadership support. Our management team comes from a variety of backgrounds, offering opportunities to learn.

We are looking for talented and driven Pharmacy professionals who can deliver high-quality healthcare service. In return, we provide a supportive team, detailed industry training and a varied working environment where no two days are the same.

Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to providing bank account details before your agreed start date.

What is in it for you

• Holiday starting at 20 days plus a personal day, rising to 22 days after 12 months (plus Bank Holidays)
• Request flexible working from day one
• 10% off and 15% at pay day weekends with Colleague Clubcard (up to £2,000/year) and an additional card for family
• Access to free wellbeing services
• Life cover of five times pay and a pension with matching contributions up to 7.5%
• Benefits to suit you, including discounts, shares, and cycle to work schemes
• Uniform provided and policies to support all life moments
• Access to colleague networks supporting a range of backgrounds
• Click here to read more about benefits

You will be responsible for

Pharmacy Assistants are integral to the running of our Pharmacies. We are looking for someone who is a team player and can take on the following responsibilities:

• Supporting the operation of one of our new modern Pharmacies
• Applying technical skills and strong customer focus to accurately dispense medication
• Dispensing prescription medicines with attention to detail and accuracy
• Talking to customers in a confident, friendly and professional manner to provide great service
• Offering information on common ailments, symptoms and products
• Understanding customer needs and explaining product benefits clearly
• Advising customers on the range of Pharmacy services available
• Supporting and delivering Pharmacy services and dispensing processes according to SOPs
• Assessing the legal appropriateness of dispensed prescriptions
• Dealing with clinical and legal queries from Healthcare practitioners
• Responding to customer queries regarding prescription medicines and informing the Pharmacist of any complaints
• Ensuring dispensary routines and SOPs are followed
• Maintaining a clean and orderly dispensary and consulting rooms
• Ensuring prescription administration is accurate and completed on time
• Bringing promotional activities and company initiatives to life
• Carrying out procedures accurately to protect profit and ensure legal trading
• Completing corporate and departmental training
• Keeping up to date with legal and professional developments in pharmacy

You will need

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

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; it means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, communities, and the planet.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means everyone is represented and can be themselves at work. We are a place where Everyone's Welcome.

We welcome chats about flexible working. Talk to us during your application about how we can support you.

We are proud to be Disability Confident Leader and offer an accessible recruitment process. For information on accessibility support, please click here.

Please note: Tesco will recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver's age. The school leaver age for your country is available here.

We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires early morning or late evening work, or involves working in certain areas.

From time to time roles may close earlier than the advertised end date due to high volumes of applicants. We will offer feedback to candidates who attend an interview.

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