Deputy Dispensary Manager (Part Time Tues-Fri, 20 hours)

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Job summary

Do you have a Pharmacy Technician qualification?

Can you help us provide excellent care to our patients by joining our patient facing dispensing team? Can you be a welcoming face of our dispensary team? Do you want to work in a stunning Cotswolds location?

This could be the opportunity you have been looking for.

This is a rare opportunity to join our dispensing team in Fairford, and to help lead and develop excellent dispensing services to our patients in Fairford, in collaboration with the Dispensary manager.

You will need to be well-organised, motivated, and prepared to develop your managerial skills to support the Dispensary Manager and Practice Manager in managing our fabulous and hard working dispensing team.

With potential for career development and progression within the practice, this opportuinty towork in Primary Care in a busy and exciting practice should not be missed.

Main duties of the job

Your duties will involve supporting the Dispensary manager, and the Dispensing team, in all aspects of dispensing at Hilary Cottage Surgery.

You will help to ensure that dispensing practices are continually monitored, developed and managed to a high standard.

You will manage orders and deliveries, drug audits and drug disposals, patient correspondence and other patient interactions, as well as supporting and managing the dispensing team and operations on a day to day basis.

In addition to the items noted above, you will:

Support staff management and development

Manage team meetings

Conduct in-house training for dispensers

Work with DSQS and ensure all dispensing practices are compliant with DSQS requirements, and support DSQS audits

Support the team with stock control processes and ordering

Monitor and manage expenditure

Managing MHRA alerts

Supporting the management of repeat prescription processes

Managing and recording dispensing errors

Supporting patients with questions and offering appropriate advice to patients

Manage ongoing development of dispensary policies

Advise the Practice Manager and Diepsnsary Manager of potential for improvement in practices and profitability

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths - or equivalent
• NVQ 3 in relevant pharmacy or dispensing related subjects

• Team Leader or team management experience knowledge of TPP
• SystmOne Customer/patient facing experience Microsoft Office Suite
• Primary Care dispensing experience

Experience

• Experience working in a pharmacy or dispensing practice, or equivalent

• Team leader/management experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Hilary Cottage Surgery

Address

Keble Lawns

Fairford

Gloucestershire

GL7 4BQ

https://www.fairfordsurgery.co.uk