Senior Pharmacy Homecare Assistant, Band 3
| Posting date: | 23 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £22,816.00 to £24,336.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £22816.00 - £24336.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | Gloucester, GL1 3NN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9318-24-0539 |
Summary
- Follow processes and procedures to review homecare prescriptions against standard prescriptions or a patients last prescription to ensure they are completed fully and any changes are appropriately sanctioned. To use judgement as to who to contact if discrepancies are identified (this could be a secretary, nurse, doctor, consultant, pharmacist, homecare lead or any other appropriate healthcare professional). - Follow processes and procedures to communicate prescriptions for homecare medicines to suppliers by the most appropriate means (depending on their nature and urgency) either telephoning, scanning or by using electronic data interchange (EDI), taking into account the suppliers ability to supply and the needs of the patient. - To check all invoices against the original prescription to ensure the trust has been charged appropriately and if discrepancies arise to raise with homecare provider and arrange credit notes if appropriate. - To process all invoices, ensuring all financial information are processed in accordance with the Trusts standing financial instructions and standards for public bodies. - To ensure all homecare medication is booked out to the appropriate issue point so that divisions are charged appropriately and they are able to see accurate homecare issues. - To liaise with Medicines Purchasing Manager and suppliers regarding outstanding orders, and to resolve problems regarding deliveries. - To collate all documentation relating to homecare prescriptions and invoices on a daily basis. To open, determine appropriate action and file all mail and correspondence relating to Pharmacy Homecare. - To ensure the homecare providers have accurate information relating to patients and medications so that they are able to provide a good service to patients. - To ensure patient confidentiality is maintained at all times concerning issues of business sensitivity and patient confidentiality, and ensure documentation is stored and disposed of in accordance with trust procedures. - To ensure invoices are processed in a timely manner and are passed for payment through to GHFT creditors. - To assist in development of homecare policies and procedures - To ensure the workload is completed to an appropriate timescale by distributing tasks appropriately between all members of the pharmacy homecare office. - Work with homecare provider creditors to log invoice queries and ensure resolution in timely manner -To undertake any other duties that may be reasonably required.