About this role
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and friendly dispenser to join our team. The applicant would be qualified to work in a Dispensary or have experience transferable to be ready to learn the role and qualify as a Dispenser.
Main duties of the job
To dispense Medicines/drugs as required by the doctors in the practice and to arrange for their checking as required.
Process prescriptions for non-dispensing patients.
To dispense and record private prescriptions with their payments
To ensure that medicine/drugs are not date expired.
To receive, record and dispense repeat medicine requests.
To collect and record prescription charges.
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About us
We are a large training practice of 17k patients based in 'leafy' Romsey. We are a friendly team of 13 GPs, 5 nurses, 1 HCA and 1 Phlebotomist.
GMS Practice
Research Practice
Job description Job responsibilities
To dispense Medicines/drugs as required by the doctors in the practice and to arrange for their checking as required.
Process prescriptions for non-dispensing patients.
To dispense and record private prescriptions with their payments
To ensure that medicine/drugs are not date expired.
To receive, record and dispense repeat medicine requests.
To collect and record prescription charges.
To re-order medicine/drugs and containers as required.
To maintain stock efficiently and economically.
To fully observe all legal requirements relevant to prescribing in general practice.
To keep efficient records.
To assist auditing of dispensing activity and workload.
To prepare and package the prescriptions and submit, on time, to the PPA.
To maintain product liability records.
FP10 prescription logging details on system when delivered and when a new box is needed
FP10 prescriptions for named doctor when delivered and when doctor requests a new box
Checking backs and fronts of prescriptions once a week and totals logged on systems (each dispenser checks a named doctor)
Automatic printing once weekly (Job share with another dispenser)
Signing delivery notes and ensuring they go into white box if payable in reception
Dealing with alerts
Weekly CD book stock check (Job share with another dispenser)
Monthly CD to computer stock check (Job share with another dispenser)
Destruction of CDs in accordance with regulations when required
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Essential Ideally NVQ2 dispensing qualification or equivalent-but not essential if you have the skill set to learn to this standard.
Experience Essential
Experience Essential Experience in a Dispensary or Pharmacy preferred. Essentially evidence of team work and working with the general public.
Employer details Employer name Abbeywell Surgery
Address Abbey Mead Surgery
The Abbey
Romsey
SO51 8EN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.abbeywellsurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)