GP Practice Dispenser
Kingskerswell & Ipplepen Medical Practice
Ipplepen, TQ12 5QA
Salary
£25,116 to £25,311
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
4 September 2026
4 days left
Job description
Kingskerswell and Ipplepen Health Centre is a busy dispensing GP Practice. We are looking for a qualified dispenser. We pride ourselves on an excellen...
General Responsibilities
- To be responsible for dispensing and checking all medicines, safely and accurately and in line with dispensary procedures.
- Putting together dosettes and checking dosettes dispensed by other members of the team to help ensure 100% accuracy
- Maintaining stock levels and ordering stock for the dispensary. Checking goods received on twice daily deliveries against invoices, unpacking and shelving goods. Ordering dispensary supplies
- Receiving and storing supplies in accordance with current policy.
- Ensuring controlled drugs are dispensed in accordance with practice policy
- Safe disposal of returned and/or out of date medicines
- Ensuring all repeat prescriptions are processed in a timely manner and in accordance with SOP.
- Maintaining a clean and safe working environment at all times
- Maintain accurate records at all times, read coding entries appropriately
- Prescription collection: dealing with patients who call to collect their medicines. Checking patient exemption, taking appropriate prescription fees and accounting for these using the till. Balancing the till every day.
- Monthly accounting for prescriptions and sending them to the NHS Prescription Pricing Authority
- Assisting / undertaking an annual stock check and valuation.
- Supporting the practice reception and other admin support team roles when necessary.
- To be responsible for dispensing and checking all medicines, safely and accurately and in line with dispensary procedures.
- Putting together dosettes and checking dosettes dispensed by other members of the team to help ensure 100% accuracy
- Maintaining stock levels and ordering stock for the dispensary. Checking goods received on twice daily deliveries against invoices, unpacking and shelving goods. Ordering dispensary supplies
- Receiving and storing supplies in accordance with current policy.
- Ensuring controlled drugs are dispensed in accordance with practice policy
- Safe disposal of returned and/or out of date medicines
- Ensuring all repeat prescriptions are processed in a timely manner and in accordance with SOP.
- Maintaining a clean and safe working environment at all times
- Maintain accurate records at all times, read coding entries appropriately
- Prescription collection: dealing with patients who call to collect their medicines. Checking patient exemption, taking appropriate prescription fees and accounting for these using the till. Balancing the till every day.
- Monthly accounting for prescriptions and sending them to the NHS Prescription Pricing Authority
- Assisting / undertaking an annual stock check and valuation.
- Supporting the practice reception and other admin support team roles when necessary.
This is a wonderful opportunity to join a friendly, hardworking and high achieving GP practice healthcare team, holding an 'Outstanding' CQC rating (See website Kingkerswell and Ipplepen Medical Practice (KKIPP) NHS Services)
Qualifications
Essential
- we are looking for an NVQ level 2 qualified Dispenser.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
20 August 2026
Last checked
24 August 2026
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