Ongar Health Centre has an opportunity for a n administrator to join our busy practice support team and assist with the prescription administration. This role is to cover maternity leave for 9 months and will be offered on a full-time basis, 37.5 hours per week. The main responsibilities of the role include: 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; GP’s, 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. Work methodically and accurately with the ability to self-motivate, organise and prioritise own workload. Please see job description attached for further information. About the Candidate The successful candidate must be able to undertake a range of administrative duties to support the multidisciplinary team, be able to work as part of a team, have the ability to organise and prioritise their own workload on a day to day basis. Experience of a clinical system is preferred but not essential. We are looking for the following skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment. A clear and polite telephone manner. Respectful of patient confidentiality. Ability to work well as part of a team and autonomously. Understanding of SystmOne preferred but not essential. Previous experience of clinical coding preferred but not essential. About Us We are a large, busy training practice, serving a patient population of 12,500 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]. Disclosure and Barring Service Check Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.