Trainee Dispensing Assistant

Badham Pharmacy Ltd; Tewkesbury; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A family-owned pharmacy in Tewkesbury seeks a Dispensing Assistant to provide exceptional patient care. The role includes manufacturing medication trays, preparing prescriptions, and engaging with customers. Competitive pay starting at £12.21 per hour, with opportunities for career advancement.

Benefits

29 days holiday (including bank holidays)

20% discount in all shops

NEST pension scheme

Discretionary Christmas bonus

Blue Light Card membership

Qualifications

• NVQ2 qualified or previous healthcare/retail/pharmacy experience required.

Responsibilities

• Manufacturing dosette trays for patients needing medication support.
• Downloading and preparing prescriptions for customers.
• Engaging with customers about pharmacy services.

Skills

Customer Service

Communication

Education

NVQ2 Qualified

Job description

Badham Pharmacy is a family owned chain of 27 pharmacies across Gloucestershire and Bristol, serving patients since 1940, and with a long history of exceptional patient-centred care.

This vacancy is in our Tewkesbury branch and will be 32-40 hours a week over 4-5 days with the opportunity to work additional hours as overtime to cover holidays and absence. Hours of work are between 0900-1800 Mon-Fri and will include some Saturdays on a rota basis. We also encourage part time applicants for this role.

Our starting rates of pay are competitive starting at £12.21. In addition we offer 29 days holiday a year (inclusive of all bank holidays), 20% discount in all of our shops, NEST pension scheme, discretionary Christmas bonus, and Blue Light Card membership (applied for separately)

The role is very rewarding, and you will make a difference to the patient healthcare of your local community

The Dispensing Assistant is an integral member of the pharmacy team. You are one of the first people many customers will see when coming into the pharmacy, speak to when seeking healthcare advice and interact with when collecting a prescription or ask for help when they wish to purchase a medicine. In addition you can expect your day to day duties to include:-

• Manufacturing dosette trays for our local community patients who need extra support in organising medication
• Downloading and preparing prescriptions that have been sent from a local surgery or a customer has arrived to collect
• Supporting the medicines counter assistant and pharmacist in their roles
• Having effective conversations with customers, ensuring that they get the right level of care and medication for their needs
• Engaging with customers , around the large amount of additional services that we offer, including the Pharmacy First scheme

For the trainee dispenser role, the successful applicant will be enrolled on this course with expected completion taking 9-12 months, after which a pay review would follow. We are also happy to accept applications from NVQ2 qualified dispensers

We also like to progress our own staff through their careers and can actively support with enrolments onto the NVQ3 technician course, Accuracy Checking for Dispensers (ACD) or Accuracy Checking Technician (ACT) courses

We expect this to be a popular position therefore we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the closing date. Please only apply if you are able to work the hours stated above

Badham Pharmacy is an equal opportunities employer, embracing diversity among our teams and we encourage applications from all.

£12.21 per hour (increase when training complete)

Experience

NVQ2 Qualified or previous healthcare/retail/pharmacy experience for trainees