Prescription Clerk

Job summary

Blandford Medical Centre in Braintree has an opportunity for a prescription clerk to join our busy dispensary on a part-time basis, for 20-30 hours per week.

This is a busy department, and the successful candidate will be able to work under pressure and to deadlines.

Main duties of the job

The main responsibilities of the role include:

• Issuing patients with their medication and handing out prescriptions.
• Adding medication to patient records from hospital letters, issuing prescriptions.
• Dealing with medication queries on the phone with patients, pharmacies, hospitals and care homes.
• Dealing with queries relating to prescription ordering as well as other administrative roles such as stock control and ordering.
• Checking patients medical record to ensure all tests and checks are up to date before issuing prescriptions to the GP for signing.

About us

The doctors and staff at Blandford Medical Centre are proud to offer the highest standard of patient care to our list of 17,500 patients. Our dedicated team are here to treat minor ailments as well as providing specialist management of long-term conditions and clinics covering a wide range of healthcare issues. We are a SystmOne practice.

For further information, please contact Caroline Jones at: blandford.administration@nhs.net