Prescription Clerk/Pharmacy Assistant

NHS; Newport Pagnell; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking medical centre as a prescription clerk/pharmacy assistant, where you will play a vital role in patient care. This part-time position allows you to work within a supportive team, ensuring prescriptions are processed efficiently and accurately. You will engage with healthcare professionals, manage queries, and promote cost-effective prescribing practices. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a busy prescribing team in a well-established practice, dedicated to delivering high-quality healthcare services to the community.

Qualifications

• Experience in a busy, public environment is essential.
• Knowledge of SystmOne is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Process repeat prescriptions and ensure compliance with protocols.
• Handle medication changes and manage prescription queries.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication Skills

Patient Care Standards

Flexibility

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Job summary

Newport Pagnell Medical Centre has an opportunity for a prescription clerk/pharmacy assistant to join our busy prescribing team, at the heart of our patient care service. This role is offered on a part-time basis, for 22 hours per week working across 4 days.

Main duties of the job

• Understand the electronic prescribing system within the practice.
• Process repeat prescriptions daily, ensuring compliance with practice protocols.
• Handle weekly prescriptions for vulnerable patients and address related queries.
• Ensure all prescriptions are signed by a GP, ready for collection within 48 hours, and prepared for daily collection by local pharmacies.
• Perform regular searches on drugs requiring monitoring to minimize adverse effects and ensure current medication authorizations.
• Promote cost-effective prescribing by switching to generic drugs when appropriate and encouraging use of local formulary options.
• Manage prescription queries from healthcare professionals, including GPs, nurse prescribers, hospital staff, pharmacists, and practice reception/administration staff.
• Handle medication changes from hospital letters, updating patient records with new or adjusted medications, and inform patients of changes and review requirements.

About us

Based in excellent premises, we offer a wide range of services. You will work alongside a forward-thinking, supportive practice-employed integrated nursing team and dedicated administrative staff.

• List size 30,000+
• 6 GP Partners, 10 Salaried GPs, 2 GP Trainees
• 2 GP Trainer/Practice Educators
• Support for Student Nurses and Medical Students
• Urgent Care Team managing On The Day demand
• Support of GP Personal Assistants
• SystmOne Practice
• Visiting consultants in urology, colorectal, and general medicine
• High QoF achievement
• Active in the local LMC
• Three sites forming one PCN

Date posted

25 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.21 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

28558

Job locations

Queens Avenue, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, MK16 8QT

Job description

For more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification

Experience - Essential

• Experience working in a busy, public environment.
• Flexibility and a positive attitude.
• Good team working and communication skills.
• Excellent patient care standards.
• General practice experience and knowledge of SystmOne are advantageous.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A DBS check will be required to assess any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Name: Primary Care Careers

Address: Queens Avenue, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, MK16 8QT

Website: https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/

National Health Service (NHS) provides comprehensive, universal, and free healthcare at the point of delivery across the UK, based on clinical need, not the ability to pay.