pharmacy Health Care Assistant (Warlingham)

Kamsons Pharmacy; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local pharmacy in Warlingham is looking for a Pharmacy Health Care Assistant to provide friendly and professional service to customers. Responsibilities include sales, customer advice, and maintaining inventory. Training will be provided, making this a great opportunity for those new to the pharmacy sector. The role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a busy environment.

Qualifications

• Previous pharmacy or retail experience is an advantage.
• Training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Follow till processes including sales of medication and generating weekly reports.
• Provide advice on medicines and general health matters.
• Process invoices and maintain clean work areas.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to multi-task

Working effectively in a team

Education

Healthcare Assistant course (to be completed)

Job description

Overview

Pharmacy Health Care Assistant (Warlingham)

Location: Warlingham • Hours: Full Time 10am to 7pm and one in four Saturdays (9:00 am to 5:30 pm)

We are looking for an applicant to provide a friendly, caring and professional service to our customers. Excellent communication skills are needed to ascertain customer needs whether this be purchasing medicines, seeking advice or collecting prescriptions within the pharmacy.

You will need to work effectively as part of a hardworking team in a busy, fast paced environment, be able to prioritize a varied workload and effectively multi-task.

Duties and responsibilities

• Follow till processes including sales of over the counter medication and pharmacy merchandise, cashing up, running reports and completing cash sheets weekly.
• Follow the sale of medicines protocol and use the 2WHAM questioning technique
• Provide advice to patients on the use of medicines as well as general health and lifestyle matters.
• Receive and hand out prescriptions under the supervision of the Responsible Pharmacist.
• Collect necessary prescription charges and ensure that the patient declaration on the reverse of prescription is correctly filled in and signed by the patient or representative.
• Order sufficient stock in line with company procedures to meet customer demand whilst minimizing losses due to date expiry.
• Maintain attractive looking displays that are tidy and pulled forward. Implement any price changes or promotions.
• Undertake all necessary housekeeping duties so that sales and back shop areas are kept clean and tidy.
• Process invoices and paperwork in a timely manner following company procedures.
• Participate in the delivery of any additional services (stop smoking advice, blood pressure testing, etc) for which you will have received adequate training.

Qualifications and training

Previous pharmacy or retail experience is an advantage, although training will be provided. You will be required to complete the Healthcare Assistant course as part of your training.

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