Job overview
Join Our Amazing Team and Make a Difference!
At Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, we believe that every role counts and that every team member plays a part in delivering exceptional care to our patients. If you're a highly organised, detail-oriented individual who loves supporting others, we want you to join us as a Clerical Officer!
As a key member of our Homecare Pharmacy Team, you’ll be at the heart of our operations, making sure everything runs smoothly behind the scenes. Your attention to detail and excellent organisational skills will help us provide the best possible care to our patients, every single day.
Main duties of the job
You will be in the nerve centre of our operations, your role will involve planning and prioritising the homecare administrative workload within Homecare pharmacy. Working with clinicians and Clinical Nurse Specialists to ensure that prescriptions are received and processed in a timely manner. You will provide administrative support in the monitoring and invoicing of external homecare services for the supply of medicines to patients with the home environment. Challenging and recording of any invoice discrepancies and escalating when appropriate. You will be responsive to queries from staff, patients and external suppliers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Communication - Communicates all relevant information and advice to the pharmacy, nursing and medical teams, patients and service users as required.
Service Delivery - Supports the department to provide a safe and high quality homecare service in line with the Professional Standards for Homecare Services (Royal Pharmaceutical Society).
Team work- Contributes to effective team working within homecare and across pharmacy. Acts as a role model, presenting a positive image of self, team and the organisation. Develops positive relationship's with internal and external key personnel. Complies with legal and organisational requirements, standards and codes of practice on equality, diversity, discrimination and rights relevant of own role and responsibilities.
Learning and Development - Maintains and develops own competence and seeks to extend the scope of personal knowledge and skills within scope of role and professional practice, policies and legislation. Completes mandatory Trust training and any other relevant mandatory training requirements.
Quality and Governance - To contribute to ensuring the quality of homecare services. To comply with current legislation, good practice, organisational and professional codes of practice and ethical standards.
To ensure compliance with medicines legislation.
Proactively manage risk and maintain safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, polices, procedures and guidelines.
Service Improvement - Contribute to the delivery of the Department Service plan and developments.
Financial management - Support the department to deliver targets and achieve financial balance.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Numeracy skills: able to perform calculations. Literacy skills: able to provide and follow instructions. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Able to prioritise workload. Able to use initiative. High attention to detail. Able to work under pressure & meet deadlines. Methodical and accurate. Able to work in a fast-paced environment. . Confident using Microsoft Office
Desirable
- Ability to coordinate small team tasks
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE x 5 Grade C/4 including Maths, English, ECDL or equivalent IT qualification
Values and behaviours
Essential
- Caring and compassionate. Respectful and recognises individuality. Enthusiastic and self-motivated. Committed to high standards and accuracy. Reliable and flexible. Team player; approachable and supportive. Self-aware. Manages emotions appropriately. Committed to quality & service improvement. Accepts guidance and feedback. Responsible and accountable. Adaptable and open to change. Committed to training and self-development.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- General IT knowledge and experience. Understanding of homecare medicine services. Experience dealing with patients, service users or customers. Experience handling confidential information accurately
Desirable
- Experience with Pharmacy IT systems. Experience in Pharmacy services. Experience in homecare processes and drug ordering pathways.
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This advert is for Clerical Officer - Homecare and High Cost Drugs with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Preston, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 2 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £25,272 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 29 Jul 2026.
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