Pharmacy Dispenser - Redditch Extra

Tesco UK; Redditch; Hybrid; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Redditch is seeking a Pharmacy Dispenser to support the operation of a modern pharmacy. You will accurately dispense medication, provide valuable information to customers, and ensure compliance with legal procedures. Ideal candidates are customer-focused with pharmacy experience and a desire for professional development. The role offers competitive pay starting at £12.87 per hour, with guaranteed hours each week, and the opportunity to work flexible shifts tailored to your availability.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Competitive pay

Comprehensive training

Qualifications

• Desire to train and develop into the Pharmacy field.

Responsibilities

• Support operation of modern Pharmacies.
• Accurately dispense medication for customers.
• Provide patients with information on prescription medicines.

Skills

Customer focus

Technical skills

Attention to detail

Education

Qualifications gained from working in a Pharmacy environment

Job description

Availability Window

We require you to be available during the following windows each week: Sunday 10:00‑16:00, Monday 09:00‑16:30, Thursday 14:00‑21:00, Saturday 12:00‑21:00. We will schedule your hours within these times and you will have a three‑week notice of your shifts.

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

We policy to offer new colleagues a minimum of 16 guaranteed hours each week. If you would like to work fewer hours (to a minimum of 12) we also have opportunities for this too and would still love to hear from you.

The availability windows indicate the periods we would like you to be available to work. We will schedule your contracted hours within these times and you will have three weeks notice of when your shifts will be. We are happy to support flexibility for our colleagues, therefore if the times you are available to work match closely but not exactly to the times we are advertising, we would still love to hear from you. 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 are focused on delivering a gold standard of service and patient care. There’s a lot more to it than dispensing medicines. Every day you’ll have the opportunity to make things better for customers in all sorts of ways, such as helping customers with their new medicines, providing vaccinations, reviewing customers’ use of their medicines, and checking blood pressure or testing for blood glucose levels. It’s very much about supporting our 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 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. 

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

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

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out 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 with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we’re a place where Everyone’s Welcome.

We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

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

Please note

Tesco will only recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver’s age. To find out the school leavers age for your country 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 the occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date in order for us to manage all of the applicants appropriately. 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