Prescription Administrator & Clinical Coder

Job summary

The successful candidate must be able to undertake a range of administrative duties to support the multidisciplinary team, be able to work as part of a team, have the ability to organise and prioritise their own workload on a day-to-day basis. Experience of a clinical system is preferred but not essential.

We are looking for the following skills:

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment

A clear and polite telephone manner

Respectful of patient confidentiality

Ability to work well as part of a team and autonomously.

Understanding of SystmOne preferred but not essential.

Previous experience of clinical coding preferred but not essential

Main duties of the job

Process repeat prescriptions on a daily basis ensuring compliance with the practice protocol ensuring accuracy whilst generating patient written requests for repeat prescriptions

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

To summarise and read code relevant information from patients clinical records into the practice computer system, working strictly in accordance with the practice notes summarising protocol

Process and manage all incoming correspondence including letters and electronic documents

Differentiate between clinical documents that will need to be seen by a GP and those that can be scanned straight onto the patients record and sort into batches for scanning

Ensure all incoming correspondence about patients from hospitals is scanned coded and attached to the correct medical record

Monitoring incoming admin emails from patients, hospitals and other third-party organisations

About us

We are a large, busy training practice, serving a patient population of 12,500 and operating from purpose built premises.

We use Systmone clinical system and are rated Good with CQC.