Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant

Morrisons; Loughton; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000

Job description

Are you an experienced Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant looking to work for an organisation that is passionate about making people feel better inside and out?

Do you have a naturally helpful and friendly style, enjoy meeting new people and going above and beyond for customers?

If so, talk to us about our roles as we may have the perfect prescription for you!

At Morrisons Pharmacy we take a holistic approach to healthy living. It's natural for us. With our focus on the freshness and goodness of our food, our in-store pharmacies are a logical step to helping customers look after themselves inside and out. With over 100 in-store pharmacies nationwide and 11 million customers visiting us every week, we're helping to make Britain healthier.

We aim to be Britain's favourite in-store pharmacy, famous for service and our 'can-do' approach. That means we're offering more and more career opportunities at all levels, growing people, training and supporting them, and making a very serious investment in their success.

Responsibilities

Here at Morrisons, our Dispensing Assistants are responsible for:

• Making sure patients receive a friendly, confidential and attentive service
• Supporting (and helping control) Over The Counter (OTC) sales and stock replenishment
• Labelling and dispensing of Prescription Only Medicines (POMs)
• The safe hand out of prescriptions in line with pharmacy procedures
• Helping resolve surgery queries
• Reporting dispensing errors and near misses
• Delivering a range of Pharmacy Services
• Supporting the Pharmacy Team and Manager with the delivery of agreed KPIs

In return for your hard work we will offer you:

• Fully flexible shift patterns
• Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays)
• 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores available from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a Friend or Family member
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Subsidised in store cafe or shop floor ranges
• Competitive pension and life assurance
• Healthcare/Well-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
• Optional Payroll charity donations
• A range of family friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave

We want to provide everyone with the opportunity to succeed in their role and career with us. It’s one of our main ambitions here at Morrisons, so this could just be the start of your Morrisons journey.

About you

You’ll be the kind of person who has:

• Completed an approved Pharmacy Assistant training course (e.g. NPA Interact)
• Completed an approved Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant course (e.g. NPA DAC - 1 year course)
• Shows care and compassion for customers and is always helpful
• Enthusiasm and commitment to deliver pharmacy services and KPIs
• Ability to use own initiative to help resolution of customer queries
• Comfortable working shifts and weekends where required

Please note: We will only recruit individuals who are over the school leaver’s age. To find out the school leavers age please visit the following link

What happens next?

Click apply today to join our team - it only takes a couple of minutes! We’ll contact you soon, so please check your emails and phone regularly.

At Morrisons, we want to make sure our recruitment process is fair and accessible to all. If you require any support with completing your online application, please contact us at [e-mail]. Alternatively, if you need adjustments at interview stage, if you're invited for interview you'll be given a local contact who can support you with this.

About us

We love providing our customers with a great shopping experience they won’t find anywhere else. We are one of the UK’s largest supermarkets, we provide great value for money and good quality fresh food and groceries to over 11 million customers every week. Our focus on freshness makes us stand out as we prepare more fresh food in-store than any other supermarket.

We’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part. So, whether you want to make the freshest food or serve our customers, we’d love to meet you... We're Foodmakers and Shopkeepers and together, we make Morrisons. What we make, makes us who we are