Job summary

Ongar Health Centre has a great opportunity for an administrator to join our busy practice support team, for a 12 month fixed term contract, on a full time basis for 37.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

• Process repeat prescriptions on a daily basis ensuring compliance with the practice protocol ensuring accuracy whilst generating patient written requests for repeat prescriptions.
• Perform regular searches on drugs requiring monitoring hence minimising the risk of adverse effects.
• Ensure all current medication have relevant, current authorisations
• Deal with prescription queries from a range of healthcare professionals including; GPs, nurses, community pharmacists, nursing home staff as well as reception/administration staff at the practice.
• Add any relevant monitoring diaries.
• Add new patient medication. Pass to registered GP for approval highlighting any concerns found, add relevant diaries. Liaise with patient via phone call or letter.
• Communicate with new doctors in medication review protocols and practice formulary choices.
• Ensure that all prescription queries are passed to the appropriate person as soon as possible for the relevant action.
• Take prompt action in response to any drug alert bulletins that may be received from time to time.
• Be able to work methodically and accurately with the ability to self-motivate, organise and prioritise own workload.

About us

We are a large, busy training practice, serving a patient population of 12,000 and operating from purpose built premises. We use SystmOne clinical system and are rated Good with CQC.

For further information please contact Joe Barford; Operations Manager at [email protected].

Please note that should this vacancy attract sufficient interest it may be necessary to close the vacancy at an earlier date. We therefore suggest that you apply at an early stage to avoid disappointment.