Medicines Management Administrator inMaryport inMaryport PUBLISHED
MON 11 NOV 2024
Maryport Health Services rk2021yC
Working thirty hours a week, primarily in the afternoons, the administrator will be expected to manage communications with pharmacies and care homes while adhering to established protocols. Responsibilities include issuing and re-authorizing prescriptions, processing medication requests from nursing homes, synchronizing repeat medications, and ensuring compliance with statutory requirements. The position is permanent, subject to a successful six-month probation period, with a salary of £22,819 per annum.
Medicines Management Administrator
Accountable to: GP Prescribing Lead/ GP Partners/Medicines Manager/Practice Management Team.
Ho urs: Thirty hours per week (permanent contract subject to successful probation period of six months)
Salary: £22,819.00 per annum, whole-time equivalent (National Minimum Wage will apply for probation period)
Job summary:
Responsible for processing all prescription orders from patients via EPS or paper prescriptions for GP signing and authorisation. Good organisational and interpersonal skills will be required for the role. The ability to multi task and working to strict timescales will be essential.
The ability to work well with other members of the team and to assist in the training of new staff may also be a requirement of the role. This role will be expected to work afternoons up until 18:30, Monday-Friday.
The successful applicant will be working to agreed protocols for the Practice and the Medicine Management Team. They will also assist the Medicines Manager with administrative tasks.
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Job Responsibilities
Repeat Prescriptions
Ensure safe issuing of Repeat Prescriptions
Dealing with Prescription queries
Communicating with Pharmacies/Chemists/Care Homes as required (Including Operating the Medicines phone line between 10:00-12:00 & 14:00 15:00)
Working closely within the Medicines Management Team and GP Prescribing Lead, Medicine Optimisation Pharmacist and Clinical Pharmacists
Issuing online prescription requests including via emails
Processing requests from local Residential/Care Homes
Administrative tasks
Ensuring patient data on the clinical system is correct and up to date including Pharmacy preferences
Covering any other administrative work as required during periods of annual leave
Assisting in Medicine Management duties as and when required.
Main duties of the job
- Issue and re-authorise repeat meds on a daily basis, online and paper requests
- Issue prescriptions from other Clinicians .i.e. District Nurses, and other clinicians where appropriate
- Process prescriptions for the Nursing Homes.
- Reduce the level of unwanted medicines by decreasing the issue of inappropriate prescription items.
- Synchronise repeat medication.
- Replacement and ordering of Oxygen
- Update and order medication for Clinical bags and drug cupboard.
- Develop and enhance communications systems on repeat prescribing.
- Ensure All Medicines Management Practice protocols are up to date and in line with statutory requirements and directives.
- Submit the monthly prescriptions to NHS Prescription Services.
- Attend relevant courses and training events.
- Run audits
- Collect data to monitor improvements.
- This job description is not intended to be exhaustive and may be amended to meet the future needs of the Practice, following agreement between the Manager and the post holder.
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