Job summary
The Mayflower Medical Practice is a dual sited, dispensing GP Practice. We are looking to recruit two dispensers to join our small but busy team, to dispense acute, repeat and managed prescriptions as well as other duties.
Hours:30 hours per week over five days
Place of work: Bawtry and Finningley Dispensary
Hourly Rate: £11.44 per hour (National Living Wage)
PLEASE NOTE OUR POLICY IS NOT
TO EMPLOY CANDIDATES WHO ARE REGISTERED PATIENTS AT THIS PRACTICE
Main duties of the job
To support the Practice in delivering an effective
primary health care service by providing a full range of dispensary duties.
About us
The Mayflower Medical Practice, established in c1980, is a semi-rural, dispensing practice with a patient list size in excess of 7400, operating over two sites; Bawtry Health Centre is our main surgery and our branch surgery is at Finningley, which opened in 1991.
Our
Mission Statement is to:
- Provide a high
standard of medical care, to be committed to the needs of our patient
population and continue to maintain a high quality of care through effective
collaboration and teamwork
- Show our patients
courtesy and respect at all times irrespective of ethnic origin, religious
belief, personal attributes or the nature of the health problem
- Understand and
meet the needs of our patients, involve them in decision making about their
treatment and care and encourage them to participate fully
- Promote good
health and wellbeing to our patients through education and information
- Involve other
professionals in the care of our patients where it is the patients best
interests, i.e. referrals for specialist care and advice
- Ensure that all
members of the team have the right skills, support and training to carry out
their duties competently and they have opportunities to discuss and learn from
problems or issues that arise at any time
- Safeguard
children and vulnerable adults, by ensuring that all staff receive appropriate
training
- Provide safe,
effective health primary care services in a responsive way
- Have zero
tolerance of all forms of abuse
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensure that all medicines are prepared and
dispensed accurately, safely and promptly working to an agreed protocol and to
all applicable legal requirements.
- Process patient request for
authorised repeat medication, whether received in writing or verbally, to
ensure items are ready for collection within the pre-set time limits and that
repeat prescriptions for Home Deliveries are recorded and ready on time.
- Provide a point of contact
for patients with enquiries relating to repeat medication. Ensure that follow-up action is taken if
necessary, and thereby provide an efficient service for patients.
- To collect and record prescription charges and make
the appropriate checks for any exempt NHS prescriptions.
- To dispense private prescriptions and record their
payments
- To operate efficient stock control appropriate to
the needs of the practice with the objective of ensuring continuity of supply
for patients and minimising wastage through out of date stock.
- To unpack drug orders and put stock away.
- To ensure that refrigerated items are stored at the
appropriate temperature and to maintain a temperature control record/logbook.
- To store and handle medication to specification required
of that drug.
- To check the backs of prescriptions for signatures
and exemption details. To endorse
prescriptions when applicable then count number of scripts and items for
submitting to PPA, along with other members of the dispensary team.
- To support and implement
Practice protocols for maintaining electronic patient information, i.e. input
and amending medication details.
- To follow Practice protocol and legal requirements
for controlled drugs.
- Ensure that the Dispensary is kept neat and tidy to
facilitate an effective working environment.
- To undertake any necessary work as may be required
and appropriate to maintain a high standard and efficient dispensing service.
- To participate in Patient DRUM reviews
Dispensing Review of Use of Medicines
- To dispense medication into Monitored Dose Systems
when required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensure that all medicines are prepared and
dispensed accurately, safely and promptly working to an agreed protocol and to
all applicable legal requirements.
- Process patient request for
authorised repeat medication, whether received in writing or verbally, to
ensure items are ready for collection within the pre-set time limits and that
repeat prescriptions for Home Deliveries are recorded and ready on time.
- Provide a point of contact
for patients with enquiries relating to repeat medication. Ensure that follow-up action is taken if
necessary, and thereby provide an efficient service for patients.
- To collect and record prescription charges and make
the appropriate checks for any exempt NHS prescriptions.
- To dispense private prescriptions and record their
payments
- To operate efficient stock control appropriate to
the needs of the practice with the objective of ensuring continuity of supply
for patients and minimising wastage through out of date stock.
- To unpack drug orders and put stock away.
- To ensure that refrigerated items are stored at the
appropriate temperature and to maintain a temperature control record/logbook.
- To store and handle medication to specification required
of that drug.
- To check the backs of prescriptions for signatures
and exemption details. To endorse
prescriptions when applicable then count number of scripts and items for
submitting to PPA, along with other members of the dispensary team.
- To support and implement
Practice protocols for maintaining electronic patient information, i.e. input
and amending medication details.
- To follow Practice protocol and legal requirements
for controlled drugs.
- Ensure that the Dispensary is kept neat and tidy to
facilitate an effective working environment.
- To undertake any necessary work as may be required
and appropriate to maintain a high standard and efficient dispensing service.
- To participate in Patient DRUM reviews
Dispensing Review of Use of Medicines
- To dispense medication into Monitored Dose Systems
when required.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in GP dispensing Practice or in a Pharmacy
Qualifications
Desirable
- Either BTEC National Certificate in Pharmaceutical Science or The City and Guilds Certificate NVQ in Pharmaceutical Services
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in GP dispensing Practice or in a Pharmacy
Qualifications
Desirable
- Either BTEC National Certificate in Pharmaceutical Science or The City and Guilds Certificate NVQ in Pharmaceutical Services
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.
