Prescription Clerk

NHS; Bedford; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Bedford is seeking a part-time prescription clerk to join their busy prescribing team. Responsibilities include managing repeat prescriptions, responding to nursing queries, and ensuring compliance with prescribing protocols. Candidates should have experience in public environments and demonstrate strong communication skills. Benefits include proper pay and a good holiday allowance.

Benefits

Proper pay as per Living Wage Foundation

Annual leave of minimum 23 days FTE

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a busy, public environment.
• Flexible with a positive attitude.
• Demonstrated good team working and communication skills.
• General practice experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Action requests for repeat prescriptions within required timeframe.
• Respond to queries from chemists and nursing homes.
• Keep repeat prescription information up-to-date.
• Organize blood tests relevant to prescribing needs.

Skills

Good team working skills

Good communication skills

Flexible attitude

Excellent standard of patient care

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

The De Parys Group has an opportunity for a prescription clerk to join our busy prescribing team, at the heart of our patient care service. This role is offeredon a part-time basis, working 26 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

• Ensuring that requests for repeat prescriptions are actioned within the required timeframe. This includes checking email requests and involves a rota system to cover the collection and drop off of all prescriptions from each site.
• Responding to all queries and requests from chemists, nursing homes and district nurses, regarding the issue of prescriptions.
• Keeping repeat prescription information up-to-date in the patient journal, such as letters and doctors' requests.
• Sending out review letters.
• Organising blood tests (through ICE system) or blood pressure checks for patients, relevant to their prescribing needs.
• Prescribing Incentive Scheme issue reports and letters, working around any guidelines issued to ensure budget reductions where possible.
• Medicine management liaising and discussing any enquires or queries raised by the clinical team.
• Flexibility to cover other areas when required multi-skill mix.
• Keep up-to-date with all prescribing guidelines and protocols, relevant to the position.

About us

The De Parys Groups priority is to provide the highest standard of clinical care to the 38,000 patients registered with the practice. We aim to work collaboratively with other healthcare providers and support organisations, to enable more patients to be treated in a primary care setting, closer to home. We embrace a continuous improvement ethos and strive to ensure that we are available to patients when they need a consultation. We have a strong training ethos within the practice with a team of medical and non-medical educators as well as opportunities for non-clinical staff to develop and progress.

TDPG is fortunate to have its own dispensaries at our De Parys and Bromham sites. In addition to our routine GMS services, we offer a comprehensive range of services including minor surgery, LARC provision and anticoagulation clinics.

We have high QOF achievement and excellent KPIs within the group.

Benefits include:

• Proper pay and Living Wage Foundation accredited.
• Annual leave: minimum 23 days FTE, with enhancements for long service.

Job responsibilities

Ifyou would like to find out more information about this role, please see theattached job specification.

Person Specification

Experience

• possess experience of working in a busy, public environment.
• be flexible, with a positive attitude.
• demonstrate good team working and communication skills.
• demonstrate an excellent standard of patient care.
• General practice experience and knowledge of SystmOne would be an advantage.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.