Position Overview & Specifications

Learn a job whilst you get your qualifications, Healthcare assistant and NVQ2 dispensing assistant. Your tasks include dealing with prescriptions and customers and working both at the counter and in the dispensary. You will be supported by the pharmacist and trained dispensers.

No previous experience required.

You will be trained during the duration of your apprenticeship to carry out the following duties:

  • Sale of over the counter medicines
  • Ordering stock
  • Using the computer to write emails to GP surgeries, using the pharmacy dispensing system (Proscript) to label prescriptions
  • Processing payments
  • To maintain a clean and tidy working environment

Preferred Candidate skills:

  • Good communication skills
  • Willing to learn

The apprenticeship program takes 15 months to complete.

When completing your apprenticeship you will receive a Level 2 NVQ, which will allow you to work as a fully qualified dispensing assistant, and act as a gateway to further career development, such as NVQ level

Job Types: Permanent, Apprenticeship

Salary: £8,236.80 per year

Benefits:

  • Employee discount

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person