Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant

Are you an experienced Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant looking to work for an organisation that is passionate about making people feel better inside and out? Or are you a Pharmacy Customer Assistant looking to take the next step in your Pharmacy career?

Do you have a naturally helpful and friendly style, enjoy meeting new people and going above and beyond for customers?

If so, talk to us about our roles as we may have the perfect prescription for you

Please note the location for this role is**:Dedridge North Road, Livingston, EH54 6DB**

At Morrisons Pharmacy we take a holistic approach to healthy living. It's natural for us. With our focus on the freshness and goodness of our food, our in-store pharmacies are a logical step to helping customers look after themselves inside and out.

With over 100 in-store pharmacies nationwide and 11 million customers visiting us every week, we're helping to make Britain healthier.

We aim to be Britain's favourite in-store pharmacy, famous for service and our 'can-do' approach. That means we're offering more and more career opportunities at all levels, growing people, training and supporting them, and making a very serious investment in their success.

Here at Morrisons our Dispensing Assistants are responsible for:

- Making sure patients receive a friendly, confidential and attentive service
- Supporting (and helping control) Over The Counter (OTC) sales and stock replenishment
- Labelling and dispensing of Prescription Only Medicines (POMs)
- The safe hand out of prescriptions in line with pharmacy procedures
- Helping resolve surgery queries
- Reporting dispensing errors and near misses
- Delivering a range of Pharmacy Services
- Supporting the Pharmacy Team and Manager with the delivery of agreed KPIs

**In return for your hard work we will offer you**:
Flexible shift patterns

Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays)

15% discount in our stores available from the day you join us

Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member

Career progression and development opportunities

Subsidised in store cafe or shop floor ranges

Market leading pension and life assurance

Healthcare/Well-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP

Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more

Long Service Awards

Optional Payroll charity donations

Enhanced Family/Maternity/Parental leave

We want to provide everyone with the opportunity to succeed in their role and career with us. It’s one of our main ambitions here at Morrisons, so this could just be the start of your Morrisons journey.

Find out more about working in Retail at Morrisons here.

**About You**

You’ll be the kind of person who has:

- Completed an approved Pharmacy Assistant training course (e.g. NPA Interact)
- Completed an approved Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant course (e.g. NPA DAC - 1 year course)
- Shows care and compassion for customers and is always helpful
- Enthusiasm and commitment to deliver pharmacy services and KPIs
- Ability to use own initiative to help resolution of customer queries
- Comfortable working shifts and weekends where required

Please note: We will only recruit individuals who are over the school leaver’s age. To find out the school leavers age please visit the following

**What happens next?**

**About the Company**

We love providing our customers with a great shopping experience they won’t find anywhere else. We are one of the UK’s largest supermarkets, we provide great value for money and good quality fresh food and groceries to over 11 million customers every week. Our focus on freshness makes us stand out as we prepare more fresh food in-store than any other supermarket.

We’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part. So, whether you want to make the freshest food or serve our customers, we’d love to meet you...

We're Foodmakers and Shopkeepers and together, we make Morrisons. What we make, makes us who we are

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

Pay: £11.44-£11.74 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Weekend availability

Application question(s):

- Are you able to work flexibly, including some evenings and weekends?
- Have you completed an approved Pharmacy Assistant training course (e.g. NPA Interact)?
- Have you completed an approved Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant course (e.g. NPA DAC - 1 year course)?

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 18/10/2024
Reference ID: 150