Dispenser / Patient Services AdvisorNHS
Job summary
To ensure the provision of professional and efficient service to the patients of Lakeside Healthcare Brigstock attending the Dispensary.
Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants will be required to demonstrate their right to work in the UK at interview.
Please note this is a part time role offering 25 hours per week.
Main duties of the job
Key tasks will include but are not limited to:
- Prescription issuing
- Dispensing medication
- Customer Service
- Tasks
- Stock control
Job description
- All medicines and appliances dispensed are checked against the prescription
- To collect all due prescription charges
- To endorse all prescription forms as appropriate
- Receiving patients and consulting with members of the practice team
- Handing completed repeat prescriptions to the patient and checking names and address
- Be able to cover all reception positions as necessary
- Keeping the reception area, notice-boards and leaflet dispensers tidy and free from obstructions and clutter
- Process appointment requests from patients for on the day and future appointments by telephone and in person
- Deal with visit requests
- Registration of new patients computer data entry and medical records
- Process patients change of address computer data and medical records (have knowledge of Practice area
- Process repeat prescription requests in accordance with practice guidelines
- Clear consulting rooms after surgeries of patient paperwork
- Restocking of consulting rooms of stationary
- Ensure building security having thorough knowledge of doors/windows/alarm
- Duties may be varied from time to time under the direction of the Practice Director/ Reception Team Leader dependent on current and evolving practice workload and staffing levels.
About us
LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest true partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire. Joining our team presents an opportunity to be part of a large organisation that is changing the way primary care is delivered today.
Living and breathing our values at Lakeside Healthcare
Caring & Respect: Simply put we genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come first in everything we do. We strive to ensure we connect and respond to all needs with compassion, care and respect to improve the lives and wellbeing of the communities we serve.
Teamwork & Quality: In all areas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and best decisions to provide the best service.
About the Practice/Department/Team
The dispensing team consists of 3 dispensers, in a small but bust dispensary. The team works well to ensure patients prescriptions are delivered in a timely manner adhering to all our protocols to ensure safe prescribing.
Working in a small part time surgery in a rural location.