Job summary
Blandford Medical Centre isrecruiting a full time (37 hours per week) dispensary assistant / prescription clerk to work in our busy dispensary.
Main duties of the job
The doctors and staff at Blandford Medical Centre are proud to offer the highest standard of patient care to our list of 17,500 patients
About us
Our dedicated team are here to treat minor ailments as well as providing specialist management of long-term conditions and clinics covering a wide range of healthcare issues. We are a SystmOne practice.
For further information, please contact Caroline Jones atblandford.administration@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role will include:
- Issuing patients with their medication and handing out prescriptions.
- Adding medication to patient records from hospital letters, issuing prescriptions.
- Dealing with medication queries on the phone with patients, pharmacies, hospitals and care homes.
- Dealing with queries relating to prescription ordering as well as other administrative roles such as stock control and ordering.
- Checking patients medical record to ensure all tests and checks are up to date before issuing prescriptions to the GP for signing.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role will include:
- Issuing patients with their medication and handing out prescriptions.
- Adding medication to patient records from hospital letters, issuing prescriptions.
- Dealing with medication queries on the phone with patients, pharmacies, hospitals and care homes.
- Dealing with queries relating to prescription ordering as well as other administrative roles such as stock control and ordering.
- Checking patients medical record to ensure all tests and checks are up to date before issuing prescriptions to the GP for signing.
Person Specification
Knowledge and skills
Desirable
- Experience of dispensing medication would be advantageous but the successful candidate would in time be enrolled on a dispensing course and become a dispenser.
- Experience of GP practice is essential and prescription clerk knowledge would be advantageous.
Person Specification
Knowledge and skills
Desirable
- Experience of dispensing medication would be advantageous but the successful candidate would in time be enrolled on a dispensing course and become a dispenser.
- Experience of GP practice is essential and prescription clerk knowledge would be advantageous.
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.
