PCN Prescriptions Clerk

Job description

Job responsibilities

Service Description

West Leeds Primary Care Network (WLPCN) provides enhanced clinical services across six GP surgeries within the Pudsey and Bramley area, with a total patient population of approximately 70k.

WLPCN currently benefits from the following clinical teams, directly employed by ourselves :

Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians

Community Wellbeing Advisers (Social Prescribers)

Clinical Practitioners

Health Care Assistants

Occupational Therapists

Dietitians

Learning Disability / Severe Mental Illness Care Co-ordinator

Highly skilled prescribing Frailty / Home visiting team (Advanced Clinical Practitioners andAssociate Clinical Practitioners)

Physician Associates

Health & Wellbeing Coaches (weight management, older adult memory, cancer screening).

Specialist cardiac nurse

Physiotherapists

We already have a well developed multi skill level pharmacy team and we are hoping to recruit a Prescriptions Clerk to join them. The workload is varied and interesting plus you will benefit from mentorship as well as professional development.

Core Responsibilities - Clinical

o Co-ordinating and preparing repeat prescriptions to be signed off by a qualified pharmacist

o Setting up Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD)where appropriate

o Community pharmacy liaison with support from the wider pharmacy team

o Monitor and co-ordinate Long Term Condition patient recall lists

o To respond to medication queries from patients and staff in a professional manner referring to the clinical pharmacist when appropriate.

o Process hospital correspondence such as TANs

o Support the pharmacy team to improve quality and safety of prescribing

o Ad hoc grade appropriate administrative tasks for the pharmacy team

o Liaise with patients where appropriate in order to encourage them to order what they need ( to avoid over prescribing)

This list is not exhaustive and the role may evolve further over time

This role may suit someone who has worked as a GP receptionist or indeed as a prescriptions clerk previously

Key working relationships

Patients

PCN Leadership team

PCN pharmacy team, practice pharmacy teams and other practice staff

Prescribing clerks and practice admin and reception staff

GPs

Community nurses and other allied health professionals

Community pharmacists, technicians and support staff

Hospital staff with responsibilities for medicines optimisation and prescribing related activities

Leeds Community Health pharmacy technicians

Leeds GP Confederation Clinical Pharmacy Team

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths

Desirable

• any healthcare qualification, particularly pharmacy based

Experience

Essential

• Experience in a GP surgery or similar environment

Desirable

• Please see uploaded job description for full list of specifications

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Hillfoot Surgery

Address

Manor House

23 Robin Lane

Pudsey

LS28 7BR

Employer's website

https://www.hillfootsurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)