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Pharmacy Homecare Assistant
| Posting date: | 10 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,625.00 to £25,674.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24625.00 - £25674.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 April 2025 |
| Location: | Swindon, SN3 6BB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9249-25-0148 |
Summary
Please see the attached JD & person specification for more detailed information, but your main responsibilities will include: 1. To work with Pharmacy colleagues to provide a high quality of patient care for those patients who require homecare medicines, through good communication. 2. To ensure the arrival of the prescriptions into the homecare team are fully documented / recorded onto the homecare systems. 3. To supervise the work flow of the prescriptions, ensuring if they are given to screening pharmacists, that documentation is completed to manage the prescription movement 4. To ensure that all prescription errors are documented on the appropriate spreadsheet and that the clinic is notified appropriately to collect the prescription for amendment or for a new prescription and that appropriate log-sheets are completed to allow the tracking of these. 5. To supervise the end of shift; being responsible for all completed prescriptions that have been processed and destined for the post are included in the correct envelopes and posted. 6. To process homecare prescriptions as per the SOPs as per the rota and to teach / mentor the homecare team as required 7. To ensure priority prescriptions and are prioritised by the homecare team and sent appropriately to the homecare provider. 8. To co-manage the homecare joint email box, identifying emails that are urgent and need acting upon immediately and to forward onto the homecare technician(s). 9. To oversee the receipt of checklist of prescriptions received by the homecare providers and intervene where the homecare provider does not provide evidence of their arrival. 10. To co-ordinate the download of the homecare invoices and saving them onto the t-drive; in order for them to be processed in order of arrival 11. To process homecare invoices as per the SOPs as per the rota and to teach / mentor the homecare team as required 12. As homecare providers increase the use of portals to access patient data, invoices and other information; to act as the main user. 13. To identify and to facilitate the homecare training that is required by the homecare team pharmacy assistants. 14. To work with the homecare technician(s) to minimise overdue invoices and to document the reason and next steps necessary. 15. To maintain and update the HELP files on the t-drive and within the printed file. 16. To ensure the use of the change control and ensure the SOPs are followed and reporting to the lead homecare technician if the change control is not being used as expected 17. To ensure the spreadsheets capture all patients that leave a homecare service, ensuring all components are completed 18. To understand fully the processes within the homecare service module on JAC; to be able to identify problems and refer to the homecare technician(s) as necessary 19. To maintain homecare folders on the t-drive, ensuring the content is accurate and consistent. 20. To undertake any homecare specific training when required and ensuring all training records are updated. 21. Answer, or refer when appropriate, telephone queries from patients, healthcare professionals and homecare suppliers whilst at all times maintaining patient confidentiality. 22. Co-ordinate and assist in the chasing of outstanding orders to ensure continuity of supply.