Qualified Dispenser inNottingham inNottingham PUBLISHED WED 20 NOV 2024

The Welby Group rVnSik9K

Impactful Role, As a Qualified Dispenser, you play a crucial part in ensuring patients receive the correct medications, significantly contributing to their health and wellbeing.

Supportive Team Environment, Work within a dynamic and supportive team that values collaboration and encourages a positive workplace culture.

Career Development, Opportunities for further training and development in dispensary practices, enhancing your skills and career prospects.

Flexible Work Hours, With options for both full-time and part-time positions, you can find a work schedule that fits your lifestyle.

Diverse Responsibilities, Engage in various tasks beyond dispensing, such as inventory management and patient communication, ensuring a varied and interesting workday.

Community Engagement, Work closely with patients and local healthcare professionals, enhancing your community ties and giving you a sense of belonging.

The Welby Group is seeking a qualified dispenser to join their supportive team at dispensaries located in Bottesford, Harlaxton, and Waltham in Nottingham. The role involves preparing and dispensing medications accurately, managing prescriptions, maintaining patient records confidentially, and effectively communicating with patients and healthcare professionals. The dispenser will also be responsible for managing pharmaceutical inventory, including ordering, receiving stock, and conducting audits.

Candidates must have an NVQ Level 2 Dispensary Qualification, a can-do attitude, strong customer skills, and IT literacy, with experience in SystmOne being desirable. Additionally, a driver’s license and own transport are required due to travel between sites. The position offers flexibility in working hours, with up to 37.5 hours per week from Monday to Friday. The ideal candidate will ensure high service standards, adhere to safety protocols, and contribute to a clean and efficient working environment.

Are you a qualified dispenser looking for an exciting and fulfilling role? Do you want to join a supportive and dynamic team? We have an excellent opportunity for you! The Welby Practice is seeking a full-time or Part-time dispenser to work at our dispensaries in Bottesford, Harlaxton, and Waltham sites.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a dispenser, you will play a crucial role in our dispensary operations. Your responsibilities will include:

Preparing and Dispensing Prescriptions: Ensuring each patient receives the correct medication and dosage with accuracy.
Prescription Management: Handling prescription reception, logging, and managing phone calls and inquiries.
Patient Records: Maintaining patient records with strict confidentiality standards.
Communication: Effectively communicating with the public, caregivers, and healthcare professionals to understand their needs and safeguard sensitive information.
Inventory Management: Ordering, receiving, and maintaining pharmaceutical stock, including conducting monthly stock audits.

You will work up to 37.5 hours from Monday to Friday, between 08:00 and 18:30, with a rotation between mornings and afternoons. Flexibility is essential for this role.

WHOM ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

NVQ Level 2 Dispensary Qualification: Essential
Can-Do Attitude: Essential
Good Customer Skills: Essential
IT Literacy: Essential
SystmOne Experience: Desirable
Attention to Detail: Essential
Driver's Licence and Own Transport: Essential due to travel requirements between our village sites

About us
Key Responsibilities:
To be responsible for the processing of prescriptions in accordance with practice policy and extant legislation. In addition, the post holder will be required to support the dispensary manager in ensuring a high level of service is delivered at all times whilst supporting the multi-disciplinary team in line with the strategic objectives of the practice.
The following are the core responsibilities of the dispenser. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
To be responsible for checking all medicines dispensed, ensuring there are no discrepancies
Dispensing medicines to the entitled population safely and accurately
Collecting prescription charges in accordance with dispensary protocol
Maintaining stock levels within the dispensary, liaising with the dispensary manager to facilitate reordering
Receiving and storing supplies in accordance with current policy, ensuring the cold chain is maintained where applicable
Ensuring controlled drugs are dispensed in accordance with practice policy
Ensuring safe disposal of returned and/or out-of-date medicines
Ensuring all repeat prescriptions are processed within a 48-hour timeframe
Providing patients with advice regarding all prescription matters
Processing prescription requests via email, phone, fax, face-to-face and online
Processing Dossett boxes
Assisting the dispensary manager in the preparation of monthly returns
Maintaining a clean and safe working environment at all times

Maintaining accurate records at all times, read coding entries appropriately

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