Pharmacy Healthcare Assistant (Godalming)

Kamsons Pharmacy; Godalming; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Pharmacy Healthcare Assistant to join their team in Godalming. In this part-time role, you will provide exceptional service to customers, assisting them with their healthcare needs and ensuring a welcoming environment. Your responsibilities will include managing prescriptions, providing advice on medicines, and maintaining the pharmacy's appearance. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to grow in the pharmacy sector, with training provided for the right candidate. If you are passionate about healthcare and enjoy working in a team, this role is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• Previous pharmacy or retail experience is an advantage.
• Completion of the Healthcare Assistant course is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide friendly and professional service to customers.
• Follow till processes and assist with prescriptions.
• Maintain cleanliness and attractive displays in the pharmacy.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Customer service

Multi-tasking

Teamwork

Education

Healthcare Assistant course

Job description

Pharmacy Healthcare Assistant (Godalming)

Pharmacy Healthcare Assistant (Godalming-Surrey)

Part-time 1:30pm to 6:30pm Tuesday-Thursday-Friday & alternate Saturday 9am to 1pm

We are looking for an applicant to provide a friendly, caring and professional service to our customers. Excellent communication skills are needed to ascertain customer needs whether this be purchasing medicines, seeking advice or collecting prescriptions within the pharmacy.

You will need to work effectively as part of a hardworking team in a busy fast-paced environment, be able to prioritise a varied workload and effectively multi-task.

Duties and responsibilities will include:

1. Follow till processes including sales of over the counter medication and pharmacy merchandise, cashing up, running reports and completing cash sheets weekly.
2. Follow the sale of medicines protocol and use the 2WHAM questioning technique.
3. Provide advice to patients on the use of medicines as well as general health and lifestyle matters.
4. Receive and hand out prescriptions under the supervision of the Responsible Pharmacist.
5. Collect necessary prescription charges and ensure that the patient declaration on the reverse of the prescription is correctly filled in and signed by the patient or representative.
6. Order sufficient stock in line with company procedures to meet customer demand whilst minimising losses due to date expiry.
7. Maintain attractive looking displays that are tidy and pulled forward. Implement any price changes or promotions.
8. Undertake all necessary housekeeping duties so that sales and back shop areas are kept clean and tidy.
9. Process invoices and paperwork in a timely manner following company procedures.
10. Participate in the delivery of any additional services (stop smoking advice, blood pressure testing etc.) for which you will have received adequate training.

Previous pharmacy or retail experience is an advantage although we are willing to train the right candidate. You will be required to complete the Healthcare Assistant course as part of your training.