Prescription Clerk

Job summary

Southgates and The Woottons Surgeries are based in King's Lynn and we have a long and proud history of excellent patient care.

We are looking for a Prescription Clerk to join our friendly and professional dispensary team in serving our patients.

The working hours for this role are:

Monday: 09:00-16:00

Thursday: 09:00-16:00

Friday: 09:00-17:00

This is a permanent role for hours per week.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent interpersonal and organisational skills as well as a level of competency in IT.

Ideally you will be a team player who has a eye for detail, can demonstrate outstanding communication skills, initiative, can self motivate and can prioritise your own workload.

About us

You would be part of a friendly & professional team of 5 Dispensers. The Practice has around 22,000 patients, so it is a busy but enjoyable working environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Majorduties and responsibilities (in no particular order orpriority)

1. Dispensing

2. StockControl

3. Security

4. OtherDuties

5. Specialrequirements of the post

1. Dispensing

a.Toreceive, record and dispense Repeat medicine requests. (Note: with regard to patients whose prescriptionreview date has passed, a small quantity only of medicine should be issued,sufficient to sustain them until a review by their doctor can be made.)

b.Toflag any medications requiring monitoring to a senior dispenser or GP prior to issuingrepeat prescriptions.

c.Toliaise with the doctors regarding requests from patients for medicines not on RepeatPrescription.

d.Toprint prescriptions for items used by district nurses and order items requiredby them.

e.Todeal with dispensary-related patient enquiries when necessary.

f.Monitoreffectiveness of the system and report any problems or variations required tothe dispensary manager and general manager.

g.Beaware of the Government Policy regarding prescription charges and exemptions,that practice staff who sign for patients will be held liable for exemptionsclaimed unlawfully.

2. Stock control

a.Tomaintain adequate stock control with the aid of the computer.

b.Toutilise stock in date order to minimise wastage caused by time-expired items.

c.Tocheck drugs delivered each day, to enter onto computer and pass invoices for payment.

3. Security

a.Toensure that the appropriate security measures for the safeguarding ofControlled Drugs are in place when working in the Dispensary.

b.Toensure that the appropriate security measures are maintained in the dispensary whilston duty and that any breaches of security are brought to the attention of thedispensary manager and General Manager ASAP.

4 Other duties

a.Toensure the cleanliness of the Dispensary and equipment at all times.

b.Tomaintain the smooth running of printers in the Dispensary and ensure that theyare clean and inkjets filled.

c.Atthe end of the evening surgery, to count till money and ensure that the DrugCupboard is locked.

d.Atthe end of the day, ensure that the dispensary is totally secured (windows anddoors locked).

e.To undertake any other reasonable tasks appropriate to thepost as required.

5. Special requirements of the post

a.Anunderstanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strictconfidentiality.

b.Anability to use own judgement, resourcefulness, common sense and local knowledgeto respond to patients enquiries and requests.

c.Excellentcommunication skills.

d.Abilityto self motivate, organise and prioritise own workload.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Desirable

3 GCSE's grade A to C, one of which to be English

Experience

Desirable

Experience of working in a GP Practice. Dispensing experience.

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