Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant

About this role

• Weston-super-Mare
• Pharmacy Hourly Paid
• Competitive salary, plus excellent benefits
• 20 Hours per week
• Permanent
• Available Monday - Sunday 9AM - 7PM
• Closing date: 31 May 2026
• Job reference: 155465

Are you an experienced Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant looking to work for an organisation that is passionate about making people feel better inside and out? Do you have a naturally helpful and friendly style, enjoy meeting new people and going above and beyond for customers? Or are you a Pharmacy Customer Assistant looking to take the next step in your Pharmacy career? If so, talk to us about our roles as we may have the perfect prescription for you!

At [Employer hidden] Pharmacy we take a holistic approach to healthy living. It's natural for us. With our focus on the freshness and goodness of our food, our in-store pharmacies are a logical step to helping customers look after themselves inside and out. With over 100 in-store pharmacies nationwide and 11 million customers visiting us every week, we're helping to make Britain healthier.

We aim to be Britain's favourite in-store pharmacy, famous for service and our 'can-do' approach. That means we're offering more and more career opportunities at all levels, growing people, training and supporting them, and making a very serious investment in their success.

Here at [Employer hidden] our Dispensing Assistants are responsible for:

• Making sure patients receive a friendly, confidential and attentive service
• Supporting (and helping control) Over The Counter (OTC) sales and stock replenishment
• Labelling and dispensing of Prescription Only Medicines (POMs)
• The safe hand out of prescriptions in line with pharmacy procedures
• Helping resolve surgery queries
• Reporting dispensing errors and near misses
• Delivering a range of Pharmacy Services
• Supporting the Pharmacy Team and Manager with the delivery of agreed KPIs

Rewards and Benefits

• Fully flexible shift patterns
• Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays)
• 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores available from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a Friend or Family member
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Subsidised in store cafe or shop floor ranges
• Competitive pension and life assurance
• Healthcare/Well-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• [Employer hidden] MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
• Optional Payroll charity donations
• A range of family friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave

We want to provide everyone with the opportunity to succeed in their role and career with us. It’s one of our main ambitions here at [Employer hidden], so this could just be the start of your [Employer hidden] journey.

About you

You’ll be the kind of person who has:

• Completed an approved Pharmacy Assistant training course (e.g. NPA Interact)
• Completed an approved Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant course (e.g. NPA DAC - 1 year course)
• Shows care and compassion for customers and is always helpful
• Enthusiasm and commitment to deliver pharmacy services and KPIs
• Ability to use own initiative to help resolution of customer queries
• Comfortable working shifts and weekends where required

Please note: We will only recruit individuals who are over the school leaver’s age. To find out the school leavers age please visit the following link.

What happens next? Click apply today to join our team - it only takes a couple of minutes! We’ll contact you soon, so please check your emails and phone regularly.

At [Employer hidden], we are committed to ensuring a fair and inclusive recruitment process. You can find answers to common questions on our FAQs page, including how to request reasonable adjustments. Should you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please let us know and we'd be happy to support you.

About us

We love providing our customers with a great shopping experience they won’t find anywhere else. We are one of the UK’s largest supermarkets, we provide great value for money and good quality fresh food and groceries to over 11 million customers every week. Our focus on freshness makes us stand out as we prepare more fresh food in-store than any other supermarket.

We’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part. So, whether you want to make the freshest food or serve our customers, we’d love to meet you... We're Foodmakers and Shopkeepers and together, we make [Employer hidden]. What we make, makes us who we are.

Location

Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom, BS22 7AY

Learning & Development

As you can imagine, [Employer hidden] is a busy place to be. There’s lots going on - processes, changes, new initiatives, different ways of working. And that’s just on a Monday morning. It means there’s a lot to learn. But learning isn’t just about understanding what’s involved in day-to-day workloads. It’s also about growing and developing in your career, too. That’s why we’ve made sure that learning and development is at the heart of our business. We’re here to make sure everyone has everything they need to be their best - and to go as far as they want.

DE&I

We're proud to have a diverse group of colleagues working here. We want everyone to feel valued in an environment where we promote respect, where they feel a sense of belonging, and feel celebrated as individuals. These are the moments that matter to them - and they matter to us, too. Everyone is welcome to get involved in our Ethnic Diversity, Ability, LGBTQ+, Women, and Family & Carers workstreams, too. They’re designed to help us better reflect our customers, colleagues, and communities so we can become an even more inclusive business. As a business, we love bringing people together. And we think it’s one of the biggest reasons to be part of our team.

Our Process

Our resourcing team are on hand to help with any questions about your application and you can reach them by e-mailing [contact hidden].

1. Find an opportunity that's right for you
2. Online Assessment (Customer Assistant roles)
3. Let's find out more
4. Interview
5. Final Stage
6. Decision

Life at [Employer hidden]

We’re a Yorkshire based food manufacturer and retailer, and our story began with a simple market stall in Bradford all the way back in 1899. Today, we’re still just as committed to delivering on our promise of 'freshness from farm to fork' for every customer. It’s why we’ve grown to become one of the UK’s leading supermarkets. And, with 90,000 colleagues, nearly 500 stores, and 11 million customers every week, there are now more reasons to join us than you can imagine.