Role: Dispensing Assistant
Location: Victoria Road, Leeds LS14 2LA or Perivale UB6 7JD
Salary: £13.65 per hour plus extensive benefits
Contract type: Permanent
Employment type: Full time
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday: 09:00-17:00 or 14:30-22:30
About the role
Dispensing Assistants support the safe, accurate, and efficient dispensing of prescriptions in a fast‑paced environment, ensuring that prescriptions are processed to high standards, performance targets are met, and daily workflow runs smoothly to support patient safety and service excellence.
Responsibilities
* Dispense all prescriptions received each day with accuracy and efficiency.
* Support the clinical team with day‑to‑day operational tasks.
* Follow dispensary procedures and meet internal quality and accuracy targets.
* Work effectively in a high‑volume, deadline‑driven environment.
* Meet individual and team performance targets to support business objectives.
* Take ownership of prescription labelling and ensure accuracy at all times.
* Collaborate with key teams across the business, including customer service, purchasing, operations, and pharmacists.
* Contribute to a positive, supportive, and inclusive working environment.
Qualifications & Requirements
* Must hold an NVQ Level 2 Dispensing Assistant qualification.
* Confident with numbers and comfortable using IT systems.
* Able to prioritise workload, stay organised, and work accurately under pressure.
* Strong verbal and written communication skills.
* Demonstrates initiative, proactivity, and a positive approach to problem‑solving.
* Experience working in a highly accurate, fast‑paced environment.
* Familiar with working to legal, ethical, and professional standards.
* GCSE (or equivalent) Maths and English at Grade C or above.
Benefits & Perks
* Competitive contributory pension.
* Occupational sick pay.
* Long‑service awards and refer‑a‑friend bonuses.
* Professional registration fees covered (e.g., GPhC, NMC, CIPD).
* Cycle to Work and Green Car schemes (subject to eligibility).
* Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
* Private healthcare insurance at discounted rates (Aviva).
* Employee Assistance Programme and in‑house mental health support.
* Discounted gym memberships via Blue Light Card and benefits schemes.
* Regular health & wellbeing initiatives.
* Strong commitment to CPD, training and professional development.
* 25 days annual leave, increasing with service.
* Buy and sell holiday scheme.
* Blue Light Card and employee discount platform.
* Exclusive discounts at The Springs, Leeds.
* 25% off health & beauty purchases.
* 25% off Pharmacy2U Private Online Doctor services.
* Regular social events throughout the year.
Compliance & Eligibility
* Applicants must prove they have the right to live in the UK.
* All successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check.
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