Job Description

WE WELCOME APPLICATIONS FROM THOSE WITH NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE IN PHARMACY. FULL TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED.

Ombersley Medical Centre aims to deliver excellent personalized, continuous patient centered care in a safe and effective setting, involving patients at all points of the journey and striving to improve the health status of the patients we look after. We will achieve this by developing and maintaining a happy and adaptive working environment and a workforce that moves forward with changing times in primary care.

The surgery is located in a modern building in the heart of Ombersley village with extensive parking available. The practice is also a research practice, a training practice, and a member practice Droitwich and Ombersley Primary Care Network.

Aims and Objectives:

To provide whole person care - giving patients the time they need to receive high standards of medical care.

To promote patient well being through health promotion and social enablement at all times.

Be committed to patients needs, working in partnership with our patients, their families and carer's to deliver personalized care, involving them in all aspects of decision making about their treatment and care.

Act with integrity and complete confidentiality following robust information governance and data protection systems at all times.

Deliver patient focused services in a community setting close to home utilizing existing local partnerships for the best experience possible.

Encourage open channels of communication with our patients through a variety of methods including our patient forum feeding back on the care received and our services.

To be a flexible and forward thinking organisation that continually improves using audit and monitoring intelligence to gather robust information enabling us to be resilient in a turbulent NHS time.

To be an employer that staff are proud to work for, ensuring the working environment is safe and happy and enabling staff to deliver the required standards of care by ensuring they have the correct competency set and that they are supported at all times.

Maintain a continuous and supported learning and training environment for staff to develop skill mix and ensure high care standards are met.

The following are the core responsibilities of the Dispensing Assistant. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

To be responsible for checking all medicines dispensed, ensuring there are no discrepancies

Dispensing medicines to the entitled population safely and accurately. Where there is doubt about the appropriateness of the item, dose or labelling instructions, this should be checked with the prescribing/duty GP

Collecting prescription charges in accordance with dispensary protocol

Maintaining stock levels within the dispensary, liaising with the Clinical Pharmacist to facilitate reordering and reducing wastage through out of date stock

Receiving and storing supplies in accordance with current policy, ensuring the cold chain is maintained where applicable

Ensuring controlled drugs are dispensed with in accordance with practice policy

Safe disposal of returned and / or out of date medicines

Ensuring all repeat prescriptions are processed within a 48-hour timeframe

Providing patients with advice regarding all prescription matters and referring to the Clinical Pharmacist or duty GP if unsure

Process prescription requests via email, phone, fax, face-to-face and online

Processing Dossett boxes

Assisting the Clinical Pharmacist in the preparation of monthly returns including PPA claims, endorsing all prescription forms as appropriate

Maintaining a clean and safe working environment at all times

Maintain accurate records at all times, read coding entries appropriately

Take prompt action in response to any drug alert bulletins that may be received from time to time

Be aware of the key differences in working in a dispensing GP practice compared to community pharmacies.

Partake in audit as directed by the audit lead

Provide guidance for trainee dispensary staff and students as necessary

Remain current with the latest guidance ensuring the dispensary conforms to NICE, CQC etc guidance

Undertake any additional tasks as instructed by the Clinical Pharmacist/Practice Managers/Partners

Full training will be provided.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 12.50 per hour

Expected hours: 24 per week

Benefits:

Company pension On-site parking Sick pay
Schedule:

8 hour shift Day shift Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person