Care Coordinator Prescribing Clerk

6 months ago

Bristol, United Kingdom Healthwest Full time

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Prescribing Hub Prescribing Clerk**

**Responsible to**: Healthwest PCN

**Accountable to**: Senior Pharmacy Technician

**Location**: Whiteladies Health Centre

**Hours**: 20+

**Remuneration**: £11.80 - £12.50 depending on experience

**Contract Type**: Permanent

You will work as part of our small, friendly team of prescribing clerks, with the support of pharmacy technicians, clinical pharmacists and GPs, in a prescribing hub for Healthwest PCN. The prescribing hub manages all of the prescription requests for the 4 constituent PCN practices (Pembroke Road Surgery, The Family Practice, The Student Health Service and Whiteladies Health Centre).

The aim of the hub is to maximise safe, cost effective best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care. Full training is provided.

You will process prescriptions and provide an efficient and safe system of medication reviews, liaising with all relevant parties, including phone call contact with patients and other health care professionals regarding medication queries. You will ensure all administration duties and patient requests are processed in accordance with practice policy.

**Roles and responsibilities**

Process repeat prescriptions on a daily basis ensuring compliance with the prescribing hub protocols.

Ensure all current medication have relevant, current authorisations.

Promote cost-effective prescribing at the practice through switching drugs to the generic preparation when appropriate and encouraging the use of local primary care trust formulary medication choices.

Deal with prescription queries from a range of healthcare professionals including; GP’s, nurses, community pharmacists, nursing home staff as well as reception/administration staff at the practice.

Add new patient medication (appliances, simple moisturiser / barrier creams, stockings etc). Pass to registered GP for approval highlighting any concerns found, add relevant diary entries/recall. Liaise with patient via phone call, SMS or letter. Liaise with patient’s pharmacy regarding changes, if necessary.

Liaise with Pharmacies regarding monthly dosette box prescriptions.

Attend regular prescribing hub team meetings and practice meetings, as necessary.

Any other duties as reasonably requested.

**Qualifications**
- Minimum of English & Maths GCSE ‘C’ or equivalent.
- Medical Terminology Training (can be provided).

**Technical**
- Microsoft Office: Word & Excel.
- Previous experience of work within Primary Care, ideally as a Prescribing Clerk, would be helpful.
- Knowledge of EMIS Web or other similar clinical system, though training can be provided.

**Qualities & Attributes**
- Reliable, trustworthy & conscientious.
- Polite & good mannered.
- Smart, clean and well-presented appearance.
- Enthusiastic and motivated.
- Works well as part of a team.
- Flexible approach to duties & working arrangements.
- Takes a pro-active approach to delivering an excellent service.

**Skills & Abilities**
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Excellent verbal & written skills.
- Good problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage time & workload.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and conflicting demands.
- Ability to work under pressure and maintain a professional approach.
- Ability to work as part of a team.

**Special Job Requirements**
- Ability to concentrate for prolonged periods of time.
- Ability to deal with matters in a confidential manner.
- Willingness to work additional hours to cover any holidays/sick leave of other staff.

**General**

The postholder will:

- Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity. The postholder must be aware of and committed to the Equality and Diversity policies of the appointing GP Practice and comply with all the requirements of these policies and actively promote Equality and Diversity issues relevant to the post.
- Ensure the principles of openness, transparency and candor are observed and upheld in all working practices.
- The post holder will have, or acquire through training provided by the organisation, the appropriate level of safeguarding and knowledge, skills and practice required for the post and be aware of and comply with the organisation’s safeguarding protection policies and procedures.
- Ensure that any infection prevention and control issues are reported to the line manager/Infection Prevention and Control Lead.

**Equality and diversity**:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and

colleagues, to include:

- Acting in a way that recognises the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
- Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
- Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings p

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