Pharmacy Dispensary Support WorkerNHS

Job summary

Pharmacy Department at Kettering General Hospital is looking for Pharmacy Dispensary Support Worker .

In this role, you will provide general dispensing and reception duties in the Pharmacy department at Kettering General Hospital.You will also support the pharmacy dispensary team in providing a high-quality, pro-active service that has the patient at the center of everything they do.

The Pharmacy department values all its staff and encourages them to reach both their personal and professional potential.The in-house education and training team will support you by sign posting personal and professional courses that are available, as well as supporting you if you undertake some trainingAll on the job training will be provided by in-house competency based training plans

Main duties of the job

• Basic dispensing of medicines for individual patients
• Work on reception taking in medicine requests and answering the phone
• File all paperwork on a daily basis
• Handle cash / debit card activities when accepting prescription charges
• Prepare the deliveries for the external clinics
• Keep the dispensary and reception area clean and tidy
• Phone patients to let them know their medication is available.

Job description

For more details about this role, please refer to attached Job Description and Personal Specification.

About us

Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.

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University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.