Dispenser (qualified)

Job summary

Long Stratton Medical Partnership are looking to recruit a qualified, experienced and highly motivated dispenser to join our team on a permanent basis. This role is offered on a part-time basis for 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday, working 6 hours per day. We areideally looking for an immediate start but are also open to a notice period.

The purpose of the role is to process all relevant prescriptions as authorised by GPs and prescribing nurses where appropriate in accordance with the principles of good practice and to provide an efficient and accurate dispensing service with minimum supervision and to ensure a high quality safe service to patients. Further details are provided in the attached job description.

Main duties of the job

• Process patient acute and repeat medication requests.
• Ensure the correct labelling of drugs and medicines.
• Dispense checked drugs and medications to patients.
• Ensure that all medicines and appliances dispensed are checked against the prescription.
• Collect all due prescription charges and ensure that the patient declaration on the reverse of the FP10 is duly filled in and signed by the patient.
• Ensure that all monies received or handled on behalf of the practice are appropriately through dispensary till.
• Endorse all prescription forms as appropriate, collate and forward the forms in a secure manner to the PPA for processing and reimbursement.
• Promptly forward all invoices and dispensary related correspondence to the practice manager or dispensary manager according to practice policy.
• Operate efficient stock control appropriate to the needs of the practice.
• Ensure that drugs are stored in an appropriate manner in accordance with the accompanying instructions.
• Ensure that shelves and all work surfaces are regularly cleaned to maintain a high level of hygiene within the dispensary and that all dispensary equipment is kept clean and kept in good working order.
• Ensure that refrigerated items are stored at the appropriate temperature and to maintain a temperature control record/logbook.
• Maintain full and accurate records of all dispensing transactions incorporating the use of computers when available and appropriate.

About us

Long Stratton is a small town in South Norfolk, 10 miles from the historic city of Norwich. We have 11,500 patients on our list, a CQC rating of Good and operate from both our main site and a branch site in Newton Flotman. We are also a dispensing Practice with a dispensing list of around 5,500 patients. We use SystmOne and run cloud-based telephony which links seamlessly with the clinical system and provides excellent functionality.

We have completed our surgery expansion work with a new wing being added to include 7 clinical rooms. The reason for the expansion is that Long Stratton is being bypassed, 2,000 new homes are planned and therefore potentially 5,000-6,000 new patients will be joining us.