Location
Luton
Department
Lea Vale Medical Practice, Liverpool Road Health Centre
Advertising Salary
£11.96ph
Function
Pharmacy Support
Careers Site Advertising End Date
20 Sep 2024
About the Role
Lea Vale Medical Group has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and self-motivated person to join our team as a prescription clerk, on a full time basis for 37.5 hours per week, in our busy medical practice located in Luton town centre.
 
Main duties include:
  • Process repeat prescriptions on a daily basis ensuring compliance with the practice protocol.
  • Deal with prescription queries from a range of healthcare professionals including; GPs, nurses, community pharmacists, nursing home staff as well as reception/administration staff at the practice.
  • Support the practice pharmacists as required.
  • Deal with medication changes from hospital letters, removing old medication, adding new or making dose changes. Sending letter to patient, including confirmation of changes. Add any relevant monitoring diaries.
  • Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
  • Add new patient medication, pass to registered GP for approval highlighting any concerns found. Liaise with patient via phone call or letter.
  • Ensure medication reviews are arranged with an appropriate clinician.
  • Support the prescribing manager with any aspect of practice administration and clerical duties deemed necessary.
  • Any other duties as reasonably requested.
Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
 
Please see attached job description for further information.
About the Candidate
You will have the following qualifications, skills and experience:
 
Essential:
  • Good level of education to GCSE standard or equivalent.
  • Computer literate with excellent keyboard skills.
  • Self-starter, able to work on own initiative, following set procedures and protocol.
Desirable:
  • Use of clinical software e.g. SystmOne.
  • Previous NHS experience, ideally within a GP setting.
  • Medical terminology knowledge.
  • Knowledge of handling data.
About Us
Lea Vale Medical Group is serving just over 45,000 patients and has been rated outstanding by the CQC. We believe in delivering high quality patient care through teamwork.
 
As an employee of Lea Vale Medical Group, you will also enjoy the following benefits:
  • Competitive salary.
  • NHS Pension.
  • Support to guide your personal and professional development.
  • Excellent training opportunities.
We are a CQC outstanding rated practice who believes in delivering high quality primary care services through effective teamwork and constant learning. We are looking for people who share the same teamworking ethics to join our team.
 
We learn from the past but are always looking to the future, this is true when we look for new staff as well, your skills and experience will be what make you suitable for this role but we are more interested in your ideas for the future! How you want to develop yourself and how that will improve our practice and the service we offer to our patients.
 
 

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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