Job description

Job responsibilities

• Support practice clinical pharmacists and practice clinical teams to provide a safe and effective repeat prescribing service

• Comply with legal and professional requirements and with safe systems of work for re-authorising repeat prescriptions

• Co-ordinate medication review appointments and any changes of medication as advised by the clinical team

• Liaise with pharmacies on the supply of prescribed drugs, alert clinicians of any supply issues and forward recommendations of alternatives

• Medicines reconciliation post discharge and on other transfers of care

• Bring queries to clinical team to include under or over usage

• Day to day handling of prescription queries within area of own competence

• Delivery of training and development to practice administrative staff who process repeat prescription requests to support improved co-ordination and effective pharmacy administration.

• Use and maintain information reporting systems and databases relevant to the position including incident reporting, prescribing data and patient outcomes

• Participate in practice meetings, and other meetings to improve engagement of the role and to promote issues relevant to prescribing

• Liaise with multidisciplinary team, prescribing support team, community pharmacy and hospital pharmacy teams

• Handle function specific information, which may be sensitive, complex or confidential and appropriately recording, transferring and/or coordinating such information in accordance with the GDPR; Caldicott Guidelines and the Confidentiality Code of Conduct

• Be responsible for the organisation and planning of own workload to meet set deadlines

• Utilise GP practice clinical systems to conduct prescribing audits

• Support the clinical pharmacists and practice with the work required under South West London ICB

• Support the clinical pharmacists in shared care monitoring and processes.

• In collaboration with practice Clinical Pharmacists and GP Prescribing Leads ensure that all major MHRA drug alerts, where appropriate and within levels of competence, are acted upon within practices over an appropriate time frame and to advise on any medication changes that occur as a result

• Undertake training and development, to ensure the required knowledge and skills for practice based work

• Carry out other duties which are appropriate to the skills and competencies of the post holder and grade of the post as the priorities of the service change.

Job responsibilities

• Support practice clinical pharmacists and practice clinical teams to provide a safe and effective repeat prescribing service

• Comply with legal and professional requirements and with safe systems of work for re-authorising repeat prescriptions

• Co-ordinate medication review appointments and any changes of medication as advised by the clinical team

• Liaise with pharmacies on the supply of prescribed drugs, alert clinicians of any supply issues and forward recommendations of alternatives

• Medicines reconciliation post discharge and on other transfers of care

• Bring queries to clinical team to include under or over usage

• Day to day handling of prescription queries within area of own competence

• Delivery of training and development to practice administrative staff who process repeat prescription requests to support improved co-ordination and effective pharmacy administration.

• Use and maintain information reporting systems and databases relevant to the position including incident reporting, prescribing data and patient outcomes

• Participate in practice meetings, and other meetings to improve engagement of the role and to promote issues relevant to prescribing

• Liaise with multidisciplinary team, prescribing support team, community pharmacy and hospital pharmacy teams

• Handle function specific information, which may be sensitive, complex or confidential and appropriately recording, transferring and/or coordinating such information in accordance with the GDPR; Caldicott Guidelines and the Confidentiality Code of Conduct

• Be responsible for the organisation and planning of own workload to meet set deadlines

• Utilise GP practice clinical systems to conduct prescribing audits

• Support the clinical pharmacists and practice with the work required under South West London ICB

• Support the clinical pharmacists in shared care monitoring and processes.

• In collaboration with practice Clinical Pharmacists and GP Prescribing Leads ensure that all major MHRA drug alerts, where appropriate and within levels of competence, are acted upon within practices over an appropriate time frame and to advise on any medication changes that occur as a result

• Undertake training and development, to ensure the required knowledge and skills for practice based work

• Carry out other duties which are appropriate to the skills and competencies of the post holder and grade of the post as the priorities of the service change.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Society
• BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmacy services

Experience

Essential

• Excellent communication skills (verbal & written)
• Knowledge of pharmacy procedures
• Understanding of medicines legislation and ethics
• Good IT skills
• Excellent organisational skills with high levels of accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to work safely under pressure on own and as part of a team
• Excellent time management and workload prioritisation skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality

Desirable

• Experience of General Practice repeat prescribing systems
• Experience of Emis

Qualifications

Essential

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Society
• BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmacy services

Experience

Essential

• Excellent communication skills (verbal & written)
• Knowledge of pharmacy procedures
• Understanding of medicines legislation and ethics
• Good IT skills
• Excellent organisational skills with high levels of accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to work safely under pressure on own and as part of a team
• Excellent time management and workload prioritisation skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality

Desirable

• Experience of General Practice repeat prescribing systems
• Experience of Emis

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Woodcote Medical

Address

Woodcote Medical

32 Foxley Lane

Purley

Surrey

CR8 3EE

Employer's website

https://www.woodcotemedical.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)