Dispenser

**About Lakeside**

**LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE** is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest ‘true’ partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across four counties: Northamptonshire, Rutland, and Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire. Joining our team presents an opportunity to be part of a large organisation that is changing the way primary care is delivered today.

**About the Practice**

Lakeside Healthcare Group Stamford is a forward thinking, progressive organisation offering primary care services to the people of Stamford and surrounding villages. We are a large practice with a population of over 31,000 patients. We are a great team and welcome the challenges that a busy practice brings.

**Job Introduction**
- Are you looking for a change of career in a forward-thinking GP practice?
- Are you enthusiastic with a positive attitude?
- Do you have excellent customer service skills and thrive in a demanding environment?

If you answered yes to these questions then we really want to hear from you

Salary Range: £11.50-13.62 per hour, depending on experience.

**What you will do**
- To ensure the provision of quick, efficient and accurate dispensing of medicine to the patients of Lakeside Healthcare Stamford
- To ensure that all medicines and appliances dispensed are checked against the prescription
- To ensure that all monies received or handled on behalf of the practice are appropriately stored and banked, and a record kept of all financial transactions.
- To collect all due prescription charges and ensure that the patient declaration on the reverse of the FP10 is duly filled in and signed by the patient.
- To endorse all prescription forms as appropriate, collate and forward the forms in a secure manner to the NHS Prescription Services for processing and reimbursement
- To handle stock levels and ensure all drugs are stored in an appropriate manner
- To deputise for the Dispensing Team Leader and contribute to joint project and development work across the Dispensing sites within Lakeside as directed by the Dispensing Lead.

**Essential Criteria**

We are looking for somebody with;
- A confident telephone manner
- Excellent communication skills both written & verbal
- The ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Great IT skills

**Application process**

**Website**

Please check out our website for everything you want to know about who we are.

**Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity**

**Equal Opportunities**

Lakeside Healthcare is an equal opportunities Employer. We are committed to ensuring that all our staff and applicants for employment are protected from unlawful discrimination in employment. All employees and job applicants will be treated equally, fairly and with respect. We will endeavour, through appropriate training, to ensure that employees making selection and recruitment decisions will not discriminate, whether consciously or unconsciously, in making these decisions throughout our recruitment and selection processes and follow recognised industry best practice.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £11.50-£13.62 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Store discount

Application question(s):

- Do you have the right to work in the UK? (Yes/No) - If you answered Yes you must be able to provide sufficient evidence upon interview
- Do you have an NVQ Level 2 in Dispensing?

Work Location: In person