Practice Medicine Co-ordinator
| Posting date: | 25 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £12.00 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £12.00 an hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2024 |
| Location: | Runcorn, WA7 2UT |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | A0445-24-0000 |
Summary
To attend Practice Medicines Co-ordinator (PMC) training events organised by the CCG Medicines Management Team. To collect monthly data to monitor improvements and savings in line with PMC and CCG Medicines Management work programme. To maintain comprehensive and accurate records of work undertaken for the PMC projects and activities. To share experience and training with other practices to spread good practice. To manage time effectively to ensure all PMC projects and activities are completed within agreed time frames. To be the first point of contact for patients, community pharmacists, care home staff and other healthcare professionals who have non clinical queries relating to repeat prescriptions. To supervise and train any practice staff dealing with repeat prescribing processes. To undertake proactive housekeeping management of the repeat prescribing process in accordance with practice and CCG medicines management protocols. To reduce medicines waste, minimise risk and improve the repeat prescribing process. To liaise with prescribers, practice managers and other healthcare professionals to develop and implement systems and protocols to improve medicines management in the practice. To support the CCG Medicines Management Team and GP practice employed pharmacists (if relevant) with searches, data collection and letter production required for prescribing changes. To support the CCG Medicines Management Team and GP practice employed pharmacists (if relevant) with communication of any key messages relating to medicines management.