Job Description

PLEASE NOTE: This is a part time role (20-25 hours) and a fixed-term maternity cover contract (12 months).

We are looking for a highly motivated, compassionate, and well-organised

Pharmacy Care Coordinator

to join our dynamic and forward-thinking general practice team. This exciting and varied role places you at the centre of

medicines optimisation

and

person-centred care

, supporting the delivery of safe, effective, and timely medication-related and other services for our patients.

The ideal candidate must have a flexible 'can do' attitude with a passion for clinical excellence and an ability to work well within a team. This is an interesting and challenging role, pivotal to the patient care and is likely to develop as the PCN matures.

This job description represents an outline of the post and is not exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of the PCN; it provides an indication only of the scope and range of the duties to be undertaken. The post holder may be required to undertake other related duties not specifically mentioned above. The job description therefore is intended to be flexible and is subject to review and amendment following consultation between the post holder and PCN Clinical director/ GP prescribing Lead

Providing a supporting role and your key responsibilities will include:

supporting the PCN Clinical Pharmacist and practice teams to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste, and maximising patient outcomes

Support by helping with queries relating to prescription requests and look for ways to improve the efficiency and safety of the prescription issuing process, Complying with legal and professional requirements and with safe systems of work for re-authorising repeat prescriptions.

Resolving prescription-related issues and encouraging better pharmaceutical understanding with patients and throughout the primary health care team, including practice clinical and non-clinical staff, attached practice staff, care homes and community pharmacies. For example Bring queries to clinical team to include under or over usage.

Implement and support use of monitored dosage systems and support the district nursing team with medicine optimisation for housebound patients and liaising with community pharmacy staff.

Support Care homes/residential homes as a point of contact for weekly support to include: prescription queries, synchronisation, medicines wastage.

Implement and support electronic prescribing and repeat dispensing in appropriate patients including working with the community pharmacy teams to identify appropriate patients.

improving the quality and safety of prescribing and medicines optimisation within the practice in line with practice policies.

Review out-patient letters in relation in Docman and complete changes in accordance with practice policies.

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: 25,000.00-26,000.00 per year

Expected hours: 20 - 25 per week

Benefits:

Casual dress Company events Company pension Employee discount Flexitime Free parking On-site parking
Ability to commute/relocate:

Egham: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:

Administrative: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person