Pharmacy Assistant

Role Overview & Responsibilities

Company description

Independent community pharmacy located in Cambridge.

Job description

We are currently looking to employ a pharmacy assistant (customer assistant). Qualified dispensers will also be considered for this position.

Working hours: 15-25 hrs a week, must include some hours on Monday (AM, 09:00-13:00 or PM, 14:00-17:30 or whole day) and Wedesday (full day). Half day on Saturday on rotation.

We will also consider someone who only wants to work on Saturdays only (4 hours).

Candidate should have/be:

• good communication skills (face to face and over the phone)
• good team player
• passion for delivering patient care
• basic computer literacy skills are necessary, for example, to send emails containing attachments to surgeries and to learn how to use some necessary features of the dispensing software
• be reliable
• and above all willingness to train and provide excellent service when serving and communicating with customers.

Main duties:

• serving customers on till
• providing advice on common symptoms and products (with time)
• providing great service
• helping out with pharmacy operations in-store and dispensary, for example putting stock away, pricing, answering the phone, organising products
• making sure the shop, dispensary and consultation area are organised and tidy
• working according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 17-25 per week

Salary: £10.40-£11.00 per hour

Application question(s):

• Why should we hire you?
• How many days were you absent from work in the last year?
• Do you have any questions for us?
• Why are you leaving or why have you left your previous job?

Work Location: In person