Dispensing Assistant
LloydsPharmacy Posted on 2022-11-18
| Salary | Not mentioned |
|---|---|
| Location | Ruislip HA4 |
| Type | Other |
Job Description
About The Role
Some of your responsibilities will include working accurately and efficiently across all areas of the branch including Induct, Manual Labelling, QA and Pharmacy Sorter to support with the effective delivery of the right products at the right time to our customers. Ensuring the safe operation and upkeep of all equipment and maintain high standards of health and safety and hygiene in all areas of the branch.
We don’t believe in standing still, which is why we are investing in our future. We have enhanced our IT capabilities, implemented a new pharmacy dispensing system and developed a number of HR tools to make your life easier. You’ll have access to training and development programmes at all stages of your career through one of our many pathways. Thereafter you will be supported to develop a career, either on one of our pharmacies or within the wider Lloyd’s Pharmacy network, the opportunities are endless. In addition, we offer:
- 25 days Holiday (including bank holidays)
- Up to 50% staff discount at LloydsPharmacy in store and online!
- Our Care Rewards – Cash back offers on high street retailers
- Full support from our employee assistance programme including a health and wellbeing app
- Company Pension
About You
To be successful in this role you must hold or be willing to work towards a valid Level 2 or equivalent Healthcare Assistant and Dispenser qualification. Demonstrate strong communication skills and work as a key member of the team and build effective working relationships with colleagues.
Within this role you will receive extensive in-house training on new and exciting systems, which will enable you to ensure that work across a variety of warehouse functions ensuring that high standards are maintained and that we can continue to offer an efficient, safe and vital healthcare service to our customers. The opportunity to progress within LloydsPharmacy is vast, with support and guidance readily available to help you move into a range of roles within the wider business network.
About Us
LloydsPharmacy is a household name, part of the wider McKesson UK family, with over 1,400 stores nationwide; accessibly located within local communities, health centres and online. Working as a key partner to the NHS, we dispense more than 150 million prescription items per year supported by over 19,000 colleagues.
Our off-site dispensing operation consists of four large dispensing hubs in Ruislip, Warrington, Bristol and Glasgow. These Hubs process large volumes of repeat prescription work on behalf of approximately 600 Lloyds stores collectively. The role these Hubs play is critical to reducing the volume of repeat dispensing in store so that the store can focus on other activities and services. The teams in the Hubs core focus is providing an accurate and timely turnaround of patients’ prescriptions, working as a team and closely with store colleagues to ensure standards are maintained.
The four hubs utilise a combination of an advanced automated PAS system (Prescription Assembly Solution), as well as manual CDS dispensing activity.
We are defined by our ICARE values, and ILEAD behaviours. These guide our decision making and help to make sure we stay focussed on what really matters. Together, ICARE and ILEAD build our shared value system and are the key pillars of McKesson’s culture.
At McKesson UK, we don’t just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we encourage it for the benefit of our colleagues, our services, and our communities. You’ll have access to our diversity networks, inclusion groups and feel supported and comfortable in yourself at all times.
We want you to bring your whole self to work- so, wherever possible, we will look to accommodate a flexible approach to your hours and location as well as job share opportunities, to ensure that our roles work not only to support our patients lives, but yours too.
McKesson UK prides itself on being an equal opportunities employer, committed to diversity & inclusion, taking a person-centred approach to our interview process that is fair and free from both discrimination and bias. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.
Company description:
LloydsPharmacy is a household name, with over 1,400 stores nationwide; accessibly located within local communities, health centres and online. Working as a key partner to the NHS, we dispense more than 150 million prescription items per year supported by over 19,000 colleagues. At LloydsPharmacy, we strive to break boundaries, challenge the status quo and support the changing healthcare industry. We are committed to offering the best advice and service to our patients, customers and employees. There’s a lot to discover at LloydsPharmacy. We have a wide range of exciting opportunities within a community pharmacy setting, and also in hospitals, care homes, mental health facilities and prisons. Our employees have access to training and development programmes at all stages of their careers through our many pathways. We’re also revolutionising pharmacy in the UK in a number of different ways. For example, our innovative new healthcare centres allow patients to receive nurse-led infusions and injection treatments closer to home. We have also introduced prescription automated assembly solutions (PAS), which free up pharmacists to spend more one-to-one time with patients by taking repeat dispensing out of community pharmacies. Your career with us: To support you on your journey, we carry out regular performance reviews and have a range of learning options available, including both management and clinical training programmes. We may also be able to offer you relocation assistance, depending on where you’re going to be based. To find out more about our opportunities follow us @LloydsPharmacyCareers on Instagram and Facebook.
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