# Dispenser

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Primary Care Careers.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Primary Care Careers
- **Location:** Ongar War Memorial Medical Centre, 57 Fyfield Road, Ongar, Essex, CM5 0AL, United Kingdom
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Pharmacy
- **Salary:** £12.71
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part-time
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-24T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-17T11:28:59.364Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/M0038-26-0745
- **Application URL:** https://vacancies.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/vacancies/29745/dispenser.html
- **Employer website:** https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/

## Job Content

### Job summary

Ongar Health Centre has a new opportunity for a qualified dispenser to join our team for 20 hours per week. The hours will be 8:00am 18:30pm Thursday and Friday with a 30-minute break each day.

### Main duties of the job

- Dispensing medicines and collecting prescription charges.
- Maintaining stock levels within the dispensary, liaising with the dispensing manager to facilitate reordering.
- Receiving and storing supplies, ensuring the cold chain is maintained where applicable.
- Ensuring controlled drugs are dispensed in accordance with practice policy.
- Safely disposing of returned and/or out of date medicines.
- Ensuring all repeat prescriptions are processed within a 72-hour timeframe.
- Providing patients with advice regarding all prescription matters.
- Always maintaining a clean and safe working environment.

### About us

We are a large, busy training practice, serving a patient population of 12,700 and operating from purpose-built premises. We use Systmone clinical system and are rated Good with CQC.

### Details

- Date posted: 17 August 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £12.71 an hour
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time
- Reference number: 29745-2
- Job locations: Ongar War Memorial Medical Centre, 57 Fyfield Road, Ongar, Essex, CM5 0AL, United Kingdom

### Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
- A clear and polite telephone manner
- Respectful of patient confidentiality
- Ability to work well as part of a team and autonomously

**Desirable**

- Previous experience of working within a Pharmacy or Dispensary is desirable but not essential

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- At least a Diploma Level 2/3 Dispensary or equivalent Pharmacy Services qualification;

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