Prescription Admin and Clinical Coder

• Processing  repeat prescriptions on a daily basis.
• Dealing 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.
• Adding new patient medication. 
• Communicating with new doctors in medication review protocols and practice formulary choices.
• Ensuring that all prescription queries are passed to the appropriate person as soon as possible for the relevant action.
• Summarising and reading code relevant information from patient’s clinical records into the practice computer system, working strictly in accordance with the practice notes summarising protocol.
• Processing and managing all incoming correspondence including letters and electronic documents.
• Sorting the letters in preparation for scanning and workflow.
• Ensuring all current medication have relevant, current authorisations.
• Ensuring incoming correspondence about patients from hospitals is scanned, coded and attached to the correct medical record.

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.

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.