DispenserNHS

Job summary

We have a great opportunity for the right candidate to join our Dispensary team. We are looking for someone with an NVQ 2 dispensing qualification, passion for primary care and the drive to support our clinical service. If you feel you are the right candidate for us we can provide you with excellent training and development opportunities.

Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants will be required to demonstrate their right to work in the UK at interview.

Please note this is a part time role offering 20 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

• Ensure the safe, efficient, and effective delivery of medication to patients on a daily basis, while prioritising the dispensary workload effectively.
• Ensure that all medicines and appliances dispensed are checked against the prescription.
• Ensure that all monies received or handled on behalf of the practice are appropriately stored and banked, and a record kept of all financial transactions.
• 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.
• Endorse all prescription forms as appropriate, collate and forward the forms in a secure manner to the NHS Prescription Services for processing and reimbursement
• Handle stock levels and ensure all drugs are stored in an appropriate manner.
• Contribute to joint projects and development work across the Dispensing sites within Lakeside as directed by the Dispensing Lead.

Job description

To ensure the provision of quick, efficient, and accurate dispensing of medications to the patients.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Purchasing and stock control
• Prescriptions and prescription moneys
• Destruction of drugs
• Dispensing
• Support Practice in achieving full compliance and achievement of the annual DSQS scheme including the completion of the required numbers of DRUMS and support the identification, completion, analysis and reporting of the audit.
• Ensure that Significant Events and near misses relating to dispensing service are identified, recorded, and discussed with the team leader or practice manager.
• To safeguard the health, well-being, and safety of the patients we work with, some of whom maybe classed as vulnerable people or adults at risk. In the event of a risk to a Patient becoming apparent or if concerns arise about a vulnerable persons welfare, to immediately report these concerns in line with the appropriate policy and procedure.

About us

LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest true partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire. Joining our team presents an opportunity to be part of a large organisation that is changing the way primary care is delivered today.

Living and breathing our values at Lakeside Healthcare

Caring & Respect: Simply put we genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come first in everything we do. We strive to ensure we connect and respond to all needs with compassion, care and respect to improve the lives and wellbeing of the communities we serve.

Teamwork & Quality: In all areas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and best decisions to provide the best service.

About The Practice

NQS - Lakeside Healthcare New Queen Street & Stanground is a forward thinking, progressive organisation delivering high-quality primary care services to the communities of Whittlesey, Stanground, and the surrounding villages.