Prescription Clerk inBury St Edmunds inBury St Edmunds PUBLISHED 17 DEC 2023

 PERMANENT 

Primary Care Careers

Ensuring that requests for repeat prescriptions are actioned within 72 hours.

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Victoria Surgery in Bury St Edmunds, has an opportunity for a prescription clerk

 to join our busy prescribing team, on a part-time basis for 16-20 hours per week over 4 or 5 days.

  • Ensuring that requests for repeat prescriptions are actioned within 72 hours. This includes checking email requests and involves a rota system to cover the collection and drop off of all prescriptions from each site.
  • 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.
  • Liaising and discussing any queries raised by the clinical team in terms of medicine management.
  • Keeping up-to-date with all prescribing guidelines and protocols.
  • General ad hoc administration work.

Flexibility to cover other areas is also required.

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Victoria Surgery in Bury St Edmunds, has an opportunity for a prescription clerk

 to join our busy prescribing team, on a part-time basis for 16-20 hours per week over 4 or 5 days.

  • Ensuring that requests for repeat prescriptions are actioned within 72 hours. This includes checking email requests and involves a rota system to cover the collection and drop off of all prescriptions from each site.
  • 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.
  • Liaising and discussing any queries raised by the clinical team in terms of medicine management.
  • Keeping up-to-date with all prescribing guidelines and protocols.
  • General ad hoc administration work.

Flexibility to cover other areas is also required.



inBury St Edmunds
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