Prescription Clerk - NHS - Ongar Health Centre

We are currently recruiting for a Prescription Clerk for the NHS in Ongar, Essex. The roles is fully on site with working hours monday to friday 37.5 hours. Candidates will need a DBS and must be able to start within 2 weeks of being offered at interview. The candidate will need to be able to hit the ground running. The rate will be in line with the National minimum wage £11.44

Job summary:

The Prescription Clerk provides support to our Clinicians in the receipt and preparation of repeat prescriptions for our patients and works very closely with Pharmacy and Administrative teams. You will be the main point of contact for enquiries about prescriptions from patients and community pharmacies. As the main contact for this enquiries, a good telephone manner and excellent communication skills are essential.

The Prescriptions Clerk is a member of the administration and clerical team, assisting in the repeat prescription process, because of the nature of this role you will work closely with our experienced pharmacy team. The post holder must be flexible and able to support duties of other members if the administrative team, including reception cover.

To thrive in this role you will enjoy utilizing your exceptional organizational and prioritizing skills, combined with excellent attention to detail. Problem-solving on a day to day basis around issues relating to your work, you will also enjoy working closely as a team to achieve objectives and ensure that your prescription workload is managed in a timely manner.

Key tasks and responsibilities will include; managing telephone enquiries and dealing with patients promptly, managing repeat prescription requests and generating computerized prescription requests using our clinical IT system

For more infomation please contact Danny Evans ,