Pharmacy Dispenser - Loughborough Rushes Superstore
Tesco Loughborough, England, United Kingdom
About the role
Our Pharmacy Dispenser rate of pay starts from £12.87 an hour; this increases to £14.08 for stores inside the M25. Additional payments may also apply depending on location.
It’s our policy to offer new colleagues joining us a minimum of 16 guaranteed hours each week, but if you’d like to work fewer hours (to a minimum of 12) we have opportunities for this too and would still love to hear from you.
Customers are at the heart of everything we do. Discover what it’s like to work in a fast-paced environment, where colleagues are focused on delivering a gold standard of service and patient care.
Working alongside experienced Pharmacists and managers, you will receive local management and leadership support in whatever store you are based.
We are looking for talented and driven Pharmacy professionals who can deliver the highest quality healthcare service to our customers and in return, we'll provide a supportive team, detailed industry training and a varied working environment where no two days are the same.
You will be responsible for:
* Supporting the operation of one of our new modern Pharmacies.
* Applying your technical skills and strong customer focus to accurately dispense medication for our customers.
* Dispensing prescription medicines, ensuring attention to detail and accuracy are maintained at all times.
* Talking to customers and offering information in a confident, friendly and professional manner, providing our customers with a great service, making them want to visit our Pharmacy again.
* Offering appropriate information to customers on common ailments, symptoms and products.
* Taking time to understand the customers’ needs, explaining the benefits of the products in a way they understand and only selling products that are right for the customer.
* Advising customers on the range of Pharmacy services available.
* Supporting and delivering Pharmacy services and the dispensing process according to the Standard Operating Procedures.
* Assessing the legal appropriateness of dispensed prescriptions.
* Dealing with clinical and legal queries from Healthcare practitioners within area of competence.
* Responding to customer queries in relation to prescription medicines, informing the Pharmacist of any complaints.
* Ensuring all dispensary routines and Standard Operating Procedures are followed.
* Ensuring dispensary and consulting rooms are clean, tidy and free of clutter.
* Ensuring all prescription administration is accurate and completed on time.
* Bringing promotional activities and company initiatives within the team to life.
* Carrying out all procedures accurately to protect profit and ensure we trade safely and legally.
* Completing corporate and departmental training.
* Keeping up to date with legal and professional developments in pharmacy.
You will need:
* Qualifications gained from working in a Pharmacy environment.
* A desire to train and develop into the Pharmacy field.
What’s in it for you?
* Holiday starting at 20 days plus a personal day rising to 22 days after 12 months (plus Bank holidays)
* Request flexible working from day one
* Get 10% off and 15% at pay day weekends – save up to £2,000 a year with your Colleague Clubcard with an additional card to share with family outside your home
* Access to free wellbeing services with a range of resources to support your mind, body, and life
* Life cover of five times your pay and an award-winning pension with matching contributions up to 7.5%
* Benefits to suit you, choose what you use – from discounts and shares to cycle to work schemes
* Uniform provided and policies to support you for all of life’s moments, big and small
* Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds.
About Us
Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer’s favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’.
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work.
We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
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