Dispenser - General Practice

Primary responsibilities The following are core responsibilities of the Dispensary Assistant. There may be on occasion a requirement to carry our other task within you competencies this will depend on factors such as workload and staffing. Be the first port of call to patients Taking in and handing out prescriptions Dispensing prescriptions Using dispensary and stores computer systems to generate stock lists and labels Helping to maintain reasonable dispensary stock levels Receiving, loading, unloading incoming goods from wholesalers, manufacturers and elsewhere Answering queries on the supply and availability of medicines, where this is within their competence Responding to telephone and face to face enquiries of a routine nature from patients, their representatives, members of the public and a wide range of staff groups and referring queries to the relevant member of the pharmacy team when necessary Drawing any problems identified or queries raised to the attention of pharmacist or pharmacy technicians Pre-packing, assembling and labelling medicines Ensuring that health and safety requirements are met