£13.01 – £13.71 Depending on experience
30 hours per week (Monday to Friday – 6 hrs per day – shift pattern options below)
Our Medical client is looking to recruit a Prescription Administrator to join their team. Working in a busy GP surgery setting in Sutton Coldfield, you will work 30 hours per week – 6 hours per day (Monday to Friday) covering one of the following 2 shift options:
Option 1 – Fortnightly Shift Pattern: Week 1: Monday – Friday 11:00-17:00 Daily. Week 2: Monday – Friday 08:30-14:30 Daily.
OR
Option 2 – Monday – Thursday 09:00-15:00, Friday – 11:00-17:00.
You will also need some flexibility to be able to cover Holiday/Sickness cover as required.
Main Duties:
- Processing repeat prescriptions on a daily basis
- Dealing with prescription queries
- Validating a prescription request and preparing it for a doctor’s authorisation
- Dealing with private medical examinations policies where required
- Maintaining computerised/manual records
- Telephone liaison with patients and other healthcare professionals
- Handling any payments and recording them
- Providing confidential and sympathetic reception services to patients and visitors
- Handling all administrative duties as required
Skills required:
- Ability to work independently, with high levels of concentration, working at pace
- Must have excellent communication skills, a friendly telephone manner and committed to deliver a high standard of customer service to our patients
- Adhere to the need for strict confidentiality
- Accuracy and attentions to detail is a must
- Being able to remain calm under pressure
- Self motivated
- Medical Terminology knowledge (desirable)
- Knowledge of handling data (desirable)
- Computer literacy with excellent keyboard skills
If you think that you have what it takes to work in a busy, challenging and pressurised environment and like working within a team, then please send me your CV.
