Job Reference
27891
Service
Unity Healthcare
Location
Long Melford
Job Category
Dispensary Assistant
Salary/Hourly Rate
£24,937 to £26,598
Closing Date
28/11/2025
Brief Description

Are you looking for a new role?

We are looking for a Dispenser to join our team at our Long Melford Practice.

What’s the role?

  • The main purpose of the role is to process prescription requests
  • You’ll make sure that prescriptions and medications are issued safely to patients
  • You’ll also be responsible for answering the telephone and resolving patient queries.

The Unity Practice is run by Suffolk GP Federation CIC, a not-for-profit community interest company.

Is it for me?

We will make sure you are fully inducted and trained. It’s important to us that you feel safe and supported in your role.

  • You’d be suited to this role if you have a caring and empathetic nature
  • It’s important that you can work well as part of a team as well as independently
  • You’ll need to be able to pick up new IT systems with supportive training
  • You’ll need to be able to remain cool under pressure and to multitask on a daily basis
  • Absolute discretion is required in protecting patient confidentiality.

Contract type

This role is part-time, working 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

What we can offer you:

  • Innovative teams who strive in forward thinking, with a voice that is heard
  • A visible and supportive management team, with operational support that ‘get it’
  • Excellent IT teams & support giving us first class equipment and ‘no wait’ responses
  • A commitment to personal development, training and leadership opportunities, with service-managed training budgets
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Death in service cover
  • Competitive salaries with annual benchmarking
  • Blue light card employer – Access to the discount service with thousands of discounts online and on the high street

Interview date: 4 December 2025

Interested? Have questions? Just wondering? Get in touch with our Practice Service Manager: lauralyons@nhs.net - we’d love to hear from you.

Previous applicants need not re-apply.