Vida Healthcare is currently looking for a reliable and hard-working person to provide additional support to the prescribing team on a part-time basis. The role will cover Carole Brown Health Centre (Dersingham) and King’s Lynn – predominantly Gayton Road Health Centre (King’s Lynn). Our patients demand the highest standards of care and if you are conscientious with a strong team-working ethic, with the ability to achieve targets during lone working then this could be the ideal role for you.
Main responsibilities will include;
- Issuing stock items and prepared prescriptions
- Collection of prescription charges/checking patient exemption statements
- Dispensing and checking repeat prescriptions and prescriptions from surgeries under the supervision of another dispenser.
- Taking orders for repeats and dealing with queries from district nurses and support staff.
- Operation of efficient stock control appropriate to the needs of the dispensary with the objective of ensuring continuity of supply for patients and minimising wastage
- Putting away drug orders while maintaining stock rotation and checking invoices accurately and marking appropriately.
- Ensuring that drugs are received and stored in an appropriate manner in accordance with the manufacturers’ instructions
- Ensuring that refrigerated items are stored at the appropriate temperature and maintaining the temperature control record/logbook
- Cleaning work surfaces and shelving on a regular basis and ensuring that that all dispensary equipment is kept clean and kept in good working order.
- Maintaining full and accurate records of all dispensing transactions.
- Undertaking other reasonable duties within the framework of the post as directed by the dispensary manager.
For further details, please see the attached job description.