Location
Norwich
Department
Long Stratton Medical Partnership, Swan Lane Surgery
Advertising Salary
£11.73ph
Function
Pharmacy Support
Careers Site Advertising End Date
27 Sep 2024
About the Role
Long Stratton Medical Partnership are looking to welcome a qualified dispenser into our busy practice.  This is a part time role for 24 hours per week covering 4 x 6 hour shifts, starting at either 8am or 12 noon.  
 
You will process all relevant prescriptions as authorised by GPs and prescribing nurses where appropriate and provide an efficient/accurate dispensing service to ensure a high quality safe service to patients.
 
The main responsibilities of the role include:
  • process patient medication requests.
  • ensure the correct labelling of drugs & medicines.
  • dispense checked drugs & medications to patients.
  • ensure all medicines & appliances dispensed are checked against the prescription & whenever there is doubt about the appropriateness of the item, or about the dose or labelling instructions to check with the authorising doctor or duty doctor.
  • collect all due prescription charges.
  • taking & processing payments. .
  • endorse all prescription forms as appropriate.
  • 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needs of the practice with the objective of ensuring continuity of supply for patients and minimising wastage through out of date stock.
  • ensure that drugs are stored in an appropriate manner.
  • take prompt action in response to any drug alert bulletins.
  • ensure that refrigerated items are stored at the appropriate temperature.
  • maintain full & accurate records of all dispensing transactions.
Please see full job description attached:
 
Previous applicants need not reapply.
About the Candidate
If you are an experienced dispenser looking for an exciting new role, then we'd love to hear from you.
 
You will have the following skills and experience:
 
Essential:
  • You will have at least a Diploma Level 2 Dispensary or equivalent Pharmacy Services qualification.
  • Previous dispensing experience.
  • The ability to be adaptable and flexible in your approach.
  • Excellent patient facing inter-personal communication skills.
 Desirable:
  • GPhC qualification.
  • Good working knowledge of general practice.
  • Knowledge of general practice computing systems (preferably EMIS).
About Us
At Long Stratton Medical Partnership, we take pride in being a family focused, close knit team – our ‘work family’ is how we often describe ourselves. We offer a supportive, positive culture which is well-lead, and provide regular supervision and training for all staff. 
 
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 EMIS Web 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.Our practice has 4 partner GPs leading an MDT of 5 permanent salaried GPs, an emergency care practitioner, an advanced nurse practitioner, 2 clinical pharmacists, a pharmacy technician, a team of 6 registered nurses and 3 HCAs plus superb teams in reception, administration, and dispensary, along with the surgery management team. 
 
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including 6 weeks annual leave (plus bank holidays), the NHS pension scheme, and an Employer Assistance Programme for the employee and family members. We also offer free on-site car parking with electric car charging points being installed shortly, team building and social activities and access to NHS discounts.
 

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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