Dispensary Assistant / Prescription Clerk

Blandford Medical Centre is recruiting a full time (37 hours per week) dispensary assistant / prescription clerk to work in our busy dispensary.  The role will include:

• Issuing patients with their medication and handing out prescriptions.
• Adding medication to patient records from hospital letters, issuing prescriptions.
• Dealing with medication queries on the phone with patients, pharmacies, hospitals and care homes.
• Dealing with queries relating to prescription ordering as well as other administrative roles such as stock control and ordering.
• Checking patients medical record to ensure all tests and checks are up to date before issuing prescriptions to the GP for signing.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.