PART TIME DISPENSER

Rye Medical Centre is a purpose built training and dispensing GP practice with approximately 7000 patients. We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced pharmacy dispenser to join our friendly team on a part time basis. Hours will be :
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 09.00-18.00
(Dispensary Managers experience)
If you are anything like me, working in community pharmacy for nearly 10 years and feeling like you are not full-filling your qualifications/skills, because you are having to meet unrealistic targets and deadlines, having to be a retail assistant 90% of your time because of lack of staff and not getting job satisfaction.
Dispensing surgeries you do not have any of those stresses you get to use those skills/qualification you trained for and get a great job satisfaction helping patients first hand- I have never regretting going from community pharmacy to a Dispensing surgery ever and I have been here for 5 years now, it has given me a massive amount of pride and enjoyment and I know it would you too.
The successful candidate will have a minimum: Pharmacy Service Skills NVQ level 2 qualification, with at least 1 year experience in working in Dispensary environment.
You will be working as a part of a friendly and dedicated team to deliver the Practice’s core ethos: to provide high-quality, patient focused, primary healthcare in a responsive, supportive and courteous manner whilst ensuring all staff and patients are treated with dignity, honesty and respect.

Core duties but not limited to the role are:

• Process and interpret prescriptions efficiently and accurately
• Pick items efficiently, accurately and check own work for errors
• Identify erroneous components on an order
• Ensure effective stock rotation and that products picked have an acceptable shelf life
• Working knowledge of GPhC regulations on dispensing practices (i.e. labelling, storage, hygiene requirements)
• Complete documentation as required by organisational procedures and regulatory standards
• Preferred experience with monitored Dosage System (MDS)

Skills required include:

• Competent in the use of IT – we are fully computerised and paper light, using Emis Web
• Excellent numeracy and literacy skills
• Effective written & verbal communicator
• Excellent telephone manner
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to be focused and meet tight deadlines

For further information, or an informal discussion, please contact Emma Ferguson, Dispensary Manager.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £12.31 per hour
Expected hours: No less than 24 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• No weekends

Work Location: In perso

• Process and interpret prescriptions efficiently and accurately
• Pick items efficiently, accurately and check own work for errors
• Identify erroneous components on an order
• Ensure effective stock rotation and that products picked have an acceptable shelf life
• Working knowledge of GPhC regulations on dispensing practices (i.e. labelling, storage, hygiene requirements)
• Complete documentation as required by organisational procedures and regulatory standards
• Preferred experience with monitored Dosage System (MDS