Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant

Role Overview & Responsibilities

Pharmacy Dispensing assistant working in a local independent pharmacy, responsible for providing exceptional customer-focused service, counter assistance, appropriate health counselling, labelling, dispensing medications, receiving and maintaining stock, and general retail roles.

This is a temporary contract, (52 weeks) starting May 2022. However, there may be a possibility for a permanent role depending on circumstances and performance.

Pharmacy Dispensers undertake a range of roles within the pharmacy, which includes the following:

- Sale of over the counter medicines

- Provision of information to customers on symptoms and products

- The assembly of prescribed items (including the generation of labels)

- Ordering, receiving and storing pharmaceutical stock

- The supply of pharmaceutical stock

- Shop stock organisation; date checking, stock level maintenance

- Cleaning and overall general housekeeping

- Delivery of medication / collection of prescription from surgery when required

Requirements and Desired skills:

- Applicant must display an outgoing personality and excellent communication skills

- Confidentiality is essential

- A methodical and organised, calm approach

- A high level of concentration

- Attention to detail

- Non-Qualified welcome to apply, training to gain qualification will be provided

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person