NhsJobs Melton Mowbray

Job responsibilities:

Dispensing

• Dispensing acute prescriptions.

• Dispensing repeat prescriptions requests received by telephone calls, electronically, face to face and those delivered to the surgery.

• Dispensing private prescriptions.

• MDS dispensing for community and care home patients

• Administration of Dispensary/Pharmacy computerised system and software associated with this

• Ensuring the dispensary area remains clean and tidy.

• Dealing with returned medicines from patients

• Dealing with uncollected medication

Prescriptions & prescription moneys

• Handing out prescriptions and collecting charges when appropriate.

• Cashing up prescription moneys, balancing and recording

• Submitting prescription moneys to the finance officer for banking ensuring sufficient change is available

• Taking prescription repeats over the telephone and at in person from patients.

• Collecting private charges for vaccines and holiday prophylactic medication.

• Sorting, stamping and endorsing prescriptions.

• Submitting all unsigned prescriptions to the doctors, generating nurse prescriptions

• Completing backs of prescriptions.

• Generating prescriptions.

Stock Control

• Ordering appropriate quantities of goods via the wholesalers computer link.

• Checking goods as and when they are delivered and recording generic details.

• Returning incorrect goods to the wholesalers.

• Stocking shelves, refrigerators and other storage areas using rotation method.

• Removing out of date stock from the shelves, refrigerators and other storage areas.

• Disposal of returned unused medicines.

Other

• Helping new pharmacy/dispensary staff.

• Assist patients and colleagues with queries, both face to face and over the telephone

This job description is neither exhaustive nor exclusive and will be reviewed periodically in conjunction with the post holder. The post holder is required to carry out any duties that may reasonably be requested by the partners, the dispensary operational lead or the practice manager.

Confidentiality:

• In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately

• In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential

• Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Health & Safety

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, the Practice Health & Safety Manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include:

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines

• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks

• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills

• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards

• Actively reporting of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised

• Keeping own work areas and general/patient areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of the job holders role

• Undertaking periodic infection control training

• Reporting potential risks identified

Equality and Diversity

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation

• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional Development

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development

• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

Quality

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk

• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision

• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance

• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs

• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Communication

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members

• Communicate effectively with patients and carers

• Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Contribution to the Implementation of Services

The post-holder will:

• Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance

• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work

Job description

Job responsibilities:

Dispensing

• Dispensing acute prescriptions.

• Dispensing repeat prescriptions requests received by telephone calls, electronically, face to face and those delivered to the surgery.

• Dispensing private prescriptions.

• MDS dispensing for community and care home patients

• Administration of Dispensary/Pharmacy computerised system and software associated with this

• Ensuring the dispensary area remains clean and tidy.

• Dealing with returned medicines from patients

• Dealing with uncollected medication

Prescriptions & prescription moneys

• Handing out prescriptions and collecting charges when appropriate.

• Cashing up prescription moneys, balancing and recording

• Submitting prescription moneys to the finance officer for banking ensuring sufficient change is available

• Taking prescription repeats over the telephone and at in person from patients.

• Collecting private charges for vaccines and holiday prophylactic medication.

• Sorting, stamping and endorsing prescriptions.

• Submitting all unsigned prescriptions to the doctors, generating nurse prescriptions

• Completing backs of prescriptions.

• Generating prescriptions.

Stock Control

• Ordering appropriate quantities of goods via the wholesalers computer link.

• Checking goods as and when they are delivered and recording generic details.

• Returning incorrect goods to the wholesalers.

• Stocking shelves, refrigerators and other storage areas using rotation method.

• Removing out of date stock from the shelves, refrigerators and other storage areas.

• Disposal of returned unused medicines.

Other

• Helping new pharmacy/dispensary staff.

• Assist patients and colleagues with queries, both face to face and over the telephone

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What is the salary for this pharmacy dispenser role in Melton Mowbray?

The advertised salary for this pharmacy dispenser role at Vale Medical Group is £13.15 (per hour). Typical pharmacy dispenser pay in Melton Mowbray varies by experience, sector (NHS versus community), and employer; see the PharmSee UK pharmacy salary guide for benchmarks.

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