This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast growing pharmaceutical business, becoming an integral part of their customer care team.

Company: Oxford Online Pharmacy Role: Pharmacy DispenserLocation: Wroxton, North Oxfordshire Salary: £24,375Start Date: ASAP

Oxford Online Pharmacy are looking for a process-driven candidate with a keen attention to detail to join them on their journey of growth following a round of investment

Who is the company?

• Oxford Online Pharmacy is the trading name of Frosts Online Ltd in Oxfordshire, a family business going back three generations to 1925.
• Employing experienced pharmacists and healthcare professionals, they are led by Stuart Gale, Managing Director and Pharmacist and Superintendent Pharmacist Robert Bradshaw.
• A fully registered UK Pharmacy, committed to translating the values and heritage of the Oxfordshire-based bricks and mortar chemists, online. Patient safety is the number one priority and there is a commitment to delivering the highest level of customer service to each and every patient who visits the site.
• Oxford Online Pharmacy are one of very few online pharmacies to have passed the recent round of CQC inspections for digital healthcare providers - across all categories of care.

What is the role?

This is an office based position for all work on Mondays to Fridays and 1:5 Saturdays, with time off in-lieu. There is no public transport available to the office so you must be able to drive

Oxford Online DISPENSARY - RESPONSIBILITIES

• Packing completed orders in an accurate and efficient way
• Unpacking deliveries and stock replenishment
• Dealing with administration/housekeeping tasks in the dispensary
• Labeling and dispensing prescriptions accurately
• Process prescriptions in accordance with the law and pharmacy procedures and to ensure that the appropriate checking procedures are adhered to at all times

Administration

• Using dispensary computer systems to generate stock lists and labels
• Helping to maintain reasonable dispensary stock levels
• Ordering items from suppliers
• Receiving incoming goods from suppliers
• Ensuring that health and safety requirements are met
• Maintaining the appropriate levels of stock and minimizing waste
• Ordering of retail and pharmacy stock
• Stock rotation
• Cleaning shelves, taking rubbish to outside bins on a rota basis and general house-keeping
• Ensure that prescription documentation is maintained and stored appropriately in accordance with the law

General

• Be responsible for maintaining the Health & Safety standards within the business, in line with the company H&S policy
• Take appropriate action to minimise risks and report any near misses
• Work as a team ensuring effective communication at all levels
• Complete online or attend relevant training and ensure any agreed deadlines are met
• Ensure high standards of security practice within the branch, both stock and premises
• Ensure awareness and adherence to all company SOP’s
• Attend company meetings as required
• Support company initiatives and promotions
• Follow the company process for requesting holidays using the online portal. All holidays are subject to approval by your line manage

Why should you apply?

• Opportunity to work and learn within a small team in a fast growing business
• The fast growth of the company provides great opportunity for progression
• Funded study towards industry-recognised qualification after successful completion of your notice period
• Private health insurance
• Pension contribution scheme
• 1 volunteer day a year
• Discretionary bonus scheme

Who is best suited to this role?

Please note that we will need a full CV since leaving school with any gaps explained - it won’t be a problem if there are gaps, but for DBS purposes this will be needed

• Team player
• Highly customer focused
• High attention to detail
• Caring and empathetic
• Honest and trustworthy
• Able to work independently and efficiently and prioritize workload
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Good organization skills
• Flexible and willing to undertake a variety of tasks
• Conscientious and dependable, taking responsibility for own actions
• Outgoing and congenial, taking time to engage customers and colleagues on a personal level
• Diplomatic and able to handle confidential / sensitive information

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

• Previous experience of working in a pharmacy, scientific, or medical field (preferred)
• Dispensing qualification eg. NVQ2 (preferred)
• Computer literate
• Good time-management skills
• Good numeracy and literacy skills
• Good telephone manner