Pharmacy Dispenser (10 hrs a week) - North Petherton, Bridgwater
Are you a highly motivated and adaptable professional looking for a rewarding role in healthcare? Symphony Healthcare Services is seeking a dedicated Pharmacy Dispenser to join our supportive team on a permanent, part time basis at North Petherton Surgery near Bridgwater in Somerset.
The role is for 10 hours per week. Work days / hours will be discussed and agreed at interview.
The rate of pay for this role is £12.95per hour.
Main duties of the job
You will ensure that a high quality, safe and efficientdispensing service is available to meet the needs of patients at all times.
Job Responsibilities:
* To dispenseprescriptions accurately and in a timely manner in accordance withpractice policies
* Toreceive goods
* Tomaintain efficient stock control with minimal wastage
* Tomonitor fridge temperatures
* Totake in and hand out prescriptions
* Toprocess prescription requests
* Todeal with patient and third party prescription queries
* Tocollect prescription fees and check exemption from fees
* To proactively support the practiceachievement of standards within the Dispensing Services Quality Schemeincluding undertaking DRUM reviews.
About us
Symphony Healthcare Services (Symphony) was established in 2016 as part of the award-winning Symphony Programme Vanguard, developing new models of care. We now support 16 practices across Somerset providing care for over 100,000 patients.
Symphony has developed a model where each practice is encouraged to operate autonomously, but as a subsidiary of NHS Somerset Foundation Trust (SFT), and with the backing and economies of scale from a central support team (particularly for HR, finance, corporate and strategic management matters).
Providing NHS services is at the heart of what we do. Our vision is to ensure that primary care is sustainable for patients and practices in Somerset, and we aim to be a national exemplar for primary care provision. We work closely with our practice teams to support, develop and transform patient care and working practices with innovation and technology at the heart of what we do.
Symphony welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups. When undertaking recruitment and selection for our services, Symphony are committed to equality of opportunity for all.
Symphony offers a NHS or NEST Pension, a fantastic range of employee benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (see attached poster), along with flexible working from day of employment and an agile approach to home / office-based working (where applicable).
We look forward to hearing from you and receiving your application.
Job responsibilities
Job Responsibilities:
* To dispense prescriptions accurately and in a timely manner in accordance with practice policies
* To receive goods
* To maintain efficient stock control with minimal wastage
* To monitor fridge temperatures
* To take in and hand out prescriptions
* To process prescription requests
* To deal with patient and third party prescription queries
* To collect prescription fees and check exemption from fees
* To proactively support the practice achievement of standards within the Dispensing Services Quality Scheme including undertaking DRUM reviews.
Please read the full Job Description attached before applying.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* To be educated to a minimum of GCSE or equivalent level.
* To have a recognised dispensing qualification equivalent to NVQ level 2 or above
* Evidence of continued professional development
Experience
* Experience of working as a dispenser in a pharmacy or dispensing practice
* Practical knowledge and experience of using a dispensing system
* Experience of working in a medical environment
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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