Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant

Position: Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant
Location: Taunton (TA1 1DX)
Hours: 20 Hours per week (Fixed Term, flexibility required to cover available shifts including weekends. Pharmacy operation times: Monday to Friday 09:00 - 19:00, Saturday 09:00 - 17:00, Sunday 10:00 - 16:00. Ideally will be a qualified dispenser.)
Salary & Benefits: Competitive hourly pay plus excellent benefits, including 15% colleague discount and flexible shift opportunities.
Closing Date: 30 August 2026
Job Reference: 155440

About the Role

Are you an experienced Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant looking to make people feel better inside and out, or a Pharmacy Customer Assistant ready to take the next step in your career? Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency is proud to partner with our national retail client to recruit a dedicated Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant for their Taunton in-store pharmacy.

In this role, you will be part of a team helping Britain stay healthier. You will provide friendly, confidential, and attentive service to patients while managing prescriptions, over-the-counter sales, and pharmacy services.

Key Responsibilities

Dispensing & Patient Care: Ensure patients receive a friendly, confidential, and attentive service, including labelling and dispensing Prescription Only Medicines (POMs) and safely handing out prescriptions.
Sales & Stock Management: Support and help control Over The Counter (OTC) sales and stock replenishment.
Queries & Error Reporting: Help resolve surgery queries and correctly report dispensing errors and near misses.
Services & KPIs: Deliver a range of pharmacy services and support the pharmacy team and manager with agreed KPIs.
Flexible Coverage: Cover flexible shift patterns across pharmacy operating hours, including weekends.

About You

Qualified & Experienced: Ideally a qualified dispenser who has completed approved courses such as an approved Pharmacy Assistant training course (e.g., NPA Interact) or an approved Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant course (e.g., NPA DAC).
Compassionate & Caring: Shows genuine care and compassion for customers with a naturally helpful and friendly style.
Proactive: Able to use your own initiative to help resolve customer queries and deliver high standards of service.
Flexible: Comfortable working shifts and weekends within pharmacy opening hours.

Note: Applicants must be over the school leaver’s age.

Rewards and Benefits

We believe in taking care of our team. As a valued member of our pharmacy team, you will enjoy a fantastic range of perks, including:

Flexible Working: Flexible shift patterns across pharmacy opening hours, including weekends.
Generous Discounts: 15% discount in supermarkets and convenience stores from your very first day, plus an additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member.
Paid Time Off: Six weeks of holiday per year (including bank holidays).
Health & Wellbeing: Access to healthcare and wellbeing benefits, including the Aviva Digital GP service, Vita Health wellbeing, and healthcare cash plans.
Perks & Extras: Morrisons MyPerks for discounts on high street shopping, cinemas, and gyms, alongside subsidised in-store café or shop floor ranges.
Financial & Family Security: Competitive pension scheme, life assurance, salary finance, addiction treatment, optional payroll charity donations, and enhanced family-friendly policies (including up to 26 weeks maternity/adoption leave, plus neonatal and fertility leave).
Career Growth: Dedicated learning and development programs designed to support your career progression and help you grow within pharmacy services.