Job summary
The Caxton Surgery has an opportunity for a prescription clerk / receptionist to join our friendly practice team who look after 14,000 patients in the Oswestry area.
We are looking for someone ideally with General Practice or Chemist/Pharmacy experience who is used to the handling or processing of presciptions and/ or medicines.
Main duties of the job
The main responsibilities of the role include:
- Ensuring that requests for repeat prescriptions are processed. 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.
- Medicine management liaise and discuss any enquires or queries raised by the clinical team.
- General ad hoc administration work.
- 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 Caxton Surgery is a busy but friendly GP surgery based in Oswestry, Shropshire serving 14,000 patients in the Oswestry and surrounding area.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensuring that requests for repeat prescriptions are processed. 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.
- Medicine management liaise and discuss any enquires or queries raised by the clinical team.
- General ad hoc administration work.
- Flexibility to cover other areas when required multi-skill mix.
- Keep up-to-date with all prescribing guidelines and protocols, relevant to the position.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensuring that requests for repeat prescriptions are processed. 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.
- Medicine management liaise and discuss any enquires or queries raised by the clinical team.
- General ad hoc administration work.
- Flexibility to cover other areas when required multi-skill mix.
- Keep up-to-date with all prescribing guidelines and protocols, relevant to the position.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- Formal training in prescription or medicines processing
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in an administration / office environment
- Experience of working with patients / customers / public
Desirable
- Experience of working in general practice / community pharmacy
- Experience of working in a pharmacy, dispensary or a role processing prescriptions
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- Formal training in prescription or medicines processing
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in an administration / office environment
- Experience of working with patients / customers / public
Desirable
- Experience of working in general practice / community pharmacy
- Experience of working in a pharmacy, dispensary or a role processing prescriptions