Dispensary Assistant
| Posting date: | 01 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £12.21 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £12.21 an hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 July 2025 |
| Location: | Shipston on Stour, CV36 4BQ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A1017-25-0001 |
Summary
a) Provide a professional, prompt and efficient service for all patients. b) Ensure polite and helpful customer service. c) Process prescriptions in line with Practice procedures, ensuring medications are ordered as needed, or where they are not available a clinician is alerted. d) Handing out dispensed medications to those collecting, ensuring the correct patients items are provided and prescription processes are completed, including recording of whether a patient pays for prescriptions or is exempt. e) Processing cash and card payments for prescriptions and other items f) Daily cash up of the dispensary till, recording number and type of payments processed. g) Dispose of returned medications according to practice protocol. h) Accept returned sharps containers for waste disposal, in line with practice protocol. i) Selecting medication items from stock, to support the dispenser in dispensing medications. j) Ensure efficiency of stock control, date rotation, checking dates of dispensing for items awaiting collection and date checking medications. k) Follow all dispensary standard operating procedures, escalating problems or issues to the Dispensary Manager, or other management colleagues where appropriate. l) Liaise with members of the primary health care team, as required, and communicate information to them via the systems set up within the Practice. m) Strict adherence with confidentiality, data protection and other legislation.