We are recruiting for 3 x permanent vacancies to join our growing team with the following shift patterns:
Sunday to Thursday, 9-5, 40 Hours per week
Tuesday to Saturday, 9-5, 40 Hours per week
Working 9-5 Mon, Wed-Sat (Tue/Sunday off)
About LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor
LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor has over 20 years of experience in leading the way in Digital Health, offering medical consultations over the internet. Our mission is to achieve excellence in delivering personalised and accessible healthcare at scale. Our algorithms are the basis of our patient-facing digital consultations and doctor-facing decision making tool.
Role Purpose
The post-holder will provide personal digital medical services to registered patients on the LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor patient list. The principal responsibility of the post-holder will be the assessment of sexual medicine cases, prescribing medication where appropriate.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide a full range of medical services, practicing and prescribing independently. This comprises principally of questionnaire based and algorithm assisted consultations but also includes telephone consultations
* The case-load will be split amongst the clinical team consisting of independent prescribing pharmacists, nurses and doctors, all of which hold similar consulting and prescribing responsibilities.
* Providing compassionate care, upholding the highest standards of empathy, dignity and integrity in all actions.
* Proactively contribute towards driving good clinical governance and quality improvement at all times.
* Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems.
* Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
* In consultation with patients and in line with current internal guidelines, develop care plans for that patient.
* Completing of clinically related administrative and non-clinical duties needed for the delivery of the service.
* Providing counseling and health education.
* Refer and signpost patients for further opinions and interventions where required.
* Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
* Compiling and issuing computer-generated prescriptions, and on extremely rare occasions hand-writing prescriptions if required.
* Prescribing in accordance with the LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.
* Identifying, reflecting on and preventing significant events and untoward incidents.
* Continually monitor and review internal clinical guidelines to ensure they are updated according to national clinical guidelines, writing guidelines for new services.
* Reviewing and writing clinical content for internal and external communication.
* Presenting and publishing at academic and other professional conferences and meetings.
* Active involvement in the research and development of services.
* Ensure that the complaints system is adhered to at all times.
* Attending training and events organized by LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor or other agencies, where appropriate.
Experience and Qualifications
Essential:
* Independent Prescriber qualification
* GPhc registration
* Experience of effectively handling customer complaints
* Energetic, empathetic communicator
* Excellent patient centered dispute management skills using first time resolution approach
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Proficient in applications such as Outlook, Excel, Word, MS Teams
* Well organized, motivated
Desirable:
1 years prescribing experience
General Practice prescribing experience
Experience in medicated weight loss consultations
Pharmacy Clinical Diploma
Benefits:
28 days annual leave + bank holidays
Up to 5 days of study leave
Access to private medical insurance