Dispenser

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Description

Dispensing

Dispensing acute and repeat prescriptions

Updating patients records where appropriate

Dispensing controlled drugs in line with current regulations

Checking colleagues dispensing

Ensuring the dispensary area remains clean and tidy

Maintaining the cold chain and reporting any concerns to management

Prescriptions

Handing out prescriptions and collecting charges where appropriate

Processing repeat requests as per surgery protocol

Sorting and endorsing prescriptions

Completing backs of prescriptions

Generating prescriptions when required

Stock Control

Ordering appropriate quantities of goods via the wholesalers websites

Checking in goods as and when delivered

Returning incorrect goods to the wholesalers

Stocking shelves, fridges and other storage area using rotation method

Removing out of date stock from shelves

Disposal of returned medicine

Other

Completing annual mandatory & selective training

Being up to date with the SOPs of the dispensary

Attending dispensary and practice meetings

Carrying out audits when required

Confidentiality

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information about their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential

Health & Safety

To implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy. This will include (but will not be limited to):

Awareness of infection control policies within the workplace

Correct use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Responsible for correct hand hygiene of self

Identifying risks and escalating issues where needed

Making effective use of training

Maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and safe way, free from hazards.

Waste management including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection

Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding

Equality and Diversity

Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures

Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights

Personal/Professional Development

Participation in an annual appraisal

Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

Alert colleagues to issues of quality and risk

Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Communication

Communicate effectively with other team members

Communicate effectively with patients and carers

Recognise the need for alternative methods of communication

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Essential Criteria
• NVQ level two in dispensing or equivelant
• An ability to work alone and as part of a larger team
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent IT skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

The Studfall Partnership

Address

Doctors Surgery

High Street

Weldon

Corby

Northamptonshire

NN17 3JJ

Employer's website

https://www.thestudfallpartnership.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)