Dispenser - Upper Eden Medical Practice
| Posting date: | 18 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £12.21 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £12.21 an hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 September 2025 |
| Location: | Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4RB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0554-25-0105 |
Summary
This list of duties and responsibilities, which follows, represents the broad range of tasks which may be required to be undertaken either routinely or periodically. This list is not exhaustive and the role may include additional duties which are not listed here. Dispensing Dispensing acute and repeat prescriptions in line with UEMG standard operating procedure. Not to dispense medicines to unauthorised persons, without the doctors consent Dispensing repeat prescription requests received by telephone calls, by e-mail, by fax and those delivered to the surgery To ensure that all medicines and appliances dispensed are checked against the prescription and whenever there is doubt about the appropriateness of the item, or about the dose or labelling instructions to check with the authorising prescriber or duty doctor Updating patients repeat screens on Doctors instructions Dispensing private prescriptions Dispensing black listed prescriptions, pricing and recording them Checking colleagues dispensing Ensuring the Dispensary area remains clean and tidy Maintaining complete and accurate records for controlled drugs Covering colleagues for sickness and holidays Prescriptions Handing out prescriptions and collecting charges when receiving and processing. Receiving prescription repeats electronically or in person. Collecting private charges for private prescriptions, vaccines and holiday prophylactic medication as necessary Sorting, stamping and endorsing prescriptions Completing backs of prescriptions Generating prescriptions Stock Control Ordering appropriate quantities of goods via the telephone / wholesalers computer. Returning goods to wholesalers. Stocking shelves, refrigerators and other storage areas using rotation method. Removing out of date stock from the shelves, refrigerators and other storage areas. Disposal of returned unused medicines. Ensuring the storage area remains safe, clean and tidy at all times and that Cleaning schedules are maintained.