Pharmacy Dispenser - Eastbourne Hampden Park Superstore

Tesco; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 17,729 - 19,396; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working from day one

20 days holiday plus personal day

Colleague discounts and benefits

Access to wellbeing services

Job summary

A leading supermarket chain is seeking a Pharmacy Dispenser to join their team in Eastbourne. The role involves accurately dispensing medications, providing excellent customer service, and supporting the operation of the Pharmacy. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications and a strong desire to develop in the Pharmacy field. The position offers flexible working hours, holiday benefits, and colleague discounts.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Support the operation of the Pharmacy.
• Accurately dispense prescription medicines.
• Provide information to customers on common ailments.
• Promote Pharmacy services according to SOPs.

Skills

Customer service skills

Attention to detail

Technical skills

Education

Experience in a Pharmacy environment

Job description

Overview

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 is our policy to offer new colleagues a minimum of 16 guaranteed hours each 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.

The table shows the periods of time in the week we’d like you to be available to work — the availability windows. We will schedule your contracted hours within these times, and you’ll have 3 weeks’ notice of exactly when your shifts will be. We are happy to support flexibility; if the times you’re available to work match closely but not exactly to the advertised times, we’d still love to hear from you.

Customers are at the heart of everything we do.

Availability (illustrative)

• Mon 09:00:00 – 21:00:00
• Tue 09:00:00 – 21:00:00
• Wed 09:00:00 – 18:00:00
• Fri 09:00:00 – 21:00:00
• Sat 09:00:00 – 21:00:00

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for

• Pharmacy Assistants are integral to the running of our Pharmacies. You will work as part of a team and undertake the following responsibilities:
• Supporting the operation of one of our modern Pharmacies.
• Applying technical skills and 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 a great service.
• Offering information to customers on common ailments, symptoms and products.
• Understanding customers’ needs and advising on suitable products and services.
• Promoting Pharmacy services and the dispensing process according to Standard Operating Procedures.
• Assessing the legal appropriateness of dispensed prescriptions and dealing with queries from healthcare practitioners.
• Responding to customer queries related to prescription medicines and communicating with the Pharmacist as needed.
• Ensuring dispensary routines and SOPs are followed, and rooms are clean and orderly.
• Carrying out procedures accurately to protect profit and ensure legal compliance.
• Completing corporate and departmental training and keeping up to date with legal and professional developments in pharmacy.

Qualifications

You will need

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

What’s in it for you?

• Holiday starting at 20 days plus a personal day rising to 22 days after 12 months (plus Bank holidays).
• Flexible working from day one.
• Colleague discounts and benefits, including Cardholder offers and pay day benefits.
• Access to wellbeing services and life cover with pension contributions.
• Benefits tailored to you, including discounts, shares, and cycle-to-work schemes.
• Uniform provided and policies to support you for life’s moments.
• Access to colleague networks and information about available benefits.

About Us

Our vision is to become every customer’s favourite way to shop. Our core purpose is to serve customers, communities and the planet a little better every day. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and to a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

Please note: Tesco will recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver age for your country. We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 for some roles due to early/late hours or location requirements. Some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date to manage applicants. For more information about us, please visit www.tescoplc.com.