Dispenser

4 weeks ago


King's Lynn, United Kingdom Southgates Medical Centre & The Woottons Surgery Full time

Job summary

Southgates and The Woottons Surgeries are based in King's Lynn and we have a long and proud history of excellent patient care.

We are looking for a Level 2 Dispenser (Level 3 also considered) to join our friendly and professional dispensary team in serving our patients.

The working hours for this role are:

Monday: 09:00-16:00

Thursday: 09:00-16:00

Friday: 09:00-17:00

This is a permanent role for hours per week.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent interpersonal and organisational skills as well as a level of competency in IT.

Ideally you will be a team player who has a eye for detail, can demonstrate outstanding communication skills, initiative, can self motivate and can prioritise your own workload.

About us

You would be part of a friendly & professional team of 5 Dispensers. The Practice has around 22,000 patients, so it is a busy but enjoyable working environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Majorduties and responsibilities (in no particular order orpriority)

1. Dispensing

2. StockControl

3. Security

4. OtherDuties

5. Specialrequirements of the post

1. Dispensing

a. Todispense to patients, with the aid of the computer, medicines as required bythe doctors in the practice.

b. Not to dispense medicines tounauthorised persons without the doctors consent.

c. To dispense and record PrivatePrescriptions with their payments.

d. To receive, record and dispenseRepeat medicine requests. (Note: Withregard to patients whose prescription review date has passed, a small quantityonly of medicine should be issued, sufficient to sustain them until a review bytheir doctor can be made.)

e. To ensure that the Register ofControlled Drugs (CDs) is kept totally up-to-date at all times, ie all receiptsand issues to be recorded and checked by another member of the dispensing team.

f. To ensure that batch numbers arerecorded for all generic drugs dispensed by the practice.

g. To collect NHS Prescription Charges,when appropriate.

h. To liase with the doctors regardingrequests from patients for medicines not on Repeat Prescription.

I. To print prescriptions for itemsused by district nurses and order items required by them.

j. To deal with dispensary-relatedpatient enquiries when necessary.

k. To prepare drugs for distribution tooutlying areas.

l. Monitor effectiveness of the systemand report any problems or variations required to the dispensary manager andgeneral manager.

m. Be aware of the Government Policyregarding prescription charges and exemptions, that practice staff who sign forpatients will be held liable for exemptions claimed unlawfully.

2. Stock control

a. To maintain adequate stock controlwith the aid of the computer.

b. To utilise stock in date order tominimise wastage caused by time-expired items.

c. To check drugs delivered each dayagainst invoices, to enter onto computer and pass invoices for payment.

3. Security

a. To ensure that the appropriatesecurity measures for the safeguarding of Controlled Drugs are in place whenworking in the Dispensary.

b. To ensure that the appropriatesecurity measures are maintained in the dispensary whilst on duty and that anybreaches of security are brought to the attention of the dispensary manager andGeneral Manager ASAP.

4 Other duties

a. To ensure the cleanliness of theDispensary and equipment at all times.

b. To maintain the smooth running ofprinters in the Dispensary and ensure that they are clean and inkjetsfilled.

c. At the end of the evening surgery,to count Till money and ensure that the Drug Cupboard is locked.

d. At the end of the day, ensure thatthe dispensary is totally secured (windows and doors locked).

e. To undertake any other reasonabletasks appropriate to the post as required.

5. Special requirements of the post

a. An understanding, acceptance andadherence to the need for strict confidentiality.

b. An ability to use own judgement,resourcefulness, common sense and local knowledge to respond to patientsenquiries and requests.

c. Excellent communication skills.

d. Ability to self motivate, organiseand prioritise own workload.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ Level 2 in Dispensing

Desirable

3 GCSE's grade A to C, one of which to be English

Experience

Desirable

Experience of working in a GP Practice. Dispensing experience.
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