Our Pharmacy Dispenser – Pay & Hours
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.
We offer a minimum of 16 guaranteed hours per week, with flexible options down to a minimum of 12 hours.
Availability
* Sun: 10:00–16:00
* Mon: 15:00–20:00
* Tue: 08:00–16:00
* Wed: 13:00–20:00
About the role
Customers are at the heart of everything we do. This role is fast‑paced and involves dispensing medicines, providing vaccinations, reviewing medicines, checking blood pressure and testing blood glucose levels.
Responsibilities
* 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.
Qualifications & Experience
* Qualifications gained from working in a Pharmacy environment.
* A desire to train and develop into the Pharmacy field.
Benefits
* 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.
* 10% off and 15% at payday weekends – save up to £2,000 a year with your Colleague Clubcard.
* 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 – 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.
* Click to read more about the benefits we have available for our colleagues.
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’.
We know life looks a little different for each of us, which is why we always welcome conversations about flexible working. Whether you are at the start of a career, looking for freedom, or balancing caring responsibilities, speak to us about how we can support you.
Diversity & Inclusion
We value diversity, equity and inclusion. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and are committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
Legal & Age
We recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver’s age. Candidates must be over 18. For roles requiring work before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm, or involving certain areas such as the warehouse or driving, a minimum age of 18 applies. We only offer individual feedback to candidates who attend an interview.
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