GP Receptionist

Integrated Care System; Filey; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Filey is seeking an enthusiastic Receptionist to join their team. You will be responsible for supporting patients and ensuring the smooth operation of reception duties. Ideal candidates should be well-organized, possess strong communication skills, and be able to handle a fast-paced environment. Full training will be provided and previous experience is an advantage.

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent with required qualifications.
• Experience in administrative duties and working with the public is desirable.
• Full training available for medical receptionist role.

Responsibilities

• Undertake a range of reception duties and support the multidisciplinary team.
• Act as a central contact point for patients and manage information.
• Ensure effective management of appointment systems and medical records.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills

Ability to work under pressure

Education

GCSE Mathematics and English (C or above)

Job description

Filey Surgery is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and reliableindividual to join our Reception team.

The applicant will be able to work under their own initiative and beable to contribute to the overall work of the practice team. Previousexperience of working in a similar role is desirable but not essential, as fulltraining will be given. The applicant must be flexible with regards to sessionsworked each week and would be required to be available between the hours of8am-8pm and provide cover for holidays and any sickness cover.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for undertaking a wide range of reception duties and the provision of general support to the multidisciplinary team. Duties can include, but are not limited to greeting and directing patients, effective use of the appointment system, booking appointments, the processing of information and assisting patients as required.

To act as the central point of contact for patients, the distribution of information, messages, and enquiries for the clinical team, liaising with multi-disciplinary team members and external agencies such as secondary care and community service providers.

About us

The Filey Surgery aims to provide high quality healthcare to the peopleof Filey and its surrounding district. Our doctors, nurses and all other staffare dedicated to offering a professional service. We are a friendly surgerycommitted to delivering excellent care to our patients, and a positive workingenvironment for our staff. We have a list size of around 9000 patients. We area training Practice working with training GPs and medical students.

If you would like to find out more about the role or meet us for aninformal chat please contact Natalie Bowes or Jane Beaumont on 01723 515666.

Job responsibilities

Reception Duties

a. Ensure efficiency of the surgeries by monitoring the arrival of patients and the flow of patients into consulting and treatment rooms.

b. Ensure that patients without appointments, but who need urgent consultation are seen in a logical and non-disruptive manner.

c. Explain practice arrangements and formal requirements to new patients and those seeking temporary cover, ensure all procedures are completed.

d.Advise patients of relevant charges for private services, accept payment and issue receipts where required.

e.Respond to all queries and requests for assistance from patients and other visitors.

f.Enter requests for home visits into Systmone appointments, including all relevant information, referring urgent requests to the duty doctor.

g. Action requests for ambulance transportation and document in the patient record

h.Ensure reception and waiting areas are kept neat and tidy.

i.Handing out prescriptions/medication in the absence of the dispensary staff and receiving prescription requests.

Management of appointment system

a. Ensure total familiarity with all appointment systems in effect including regular and incidental variations.

b. Book appointments and recalls.

c. Monitor effectiveness of the system and report any problems or variations required.

Management of medical records

a. Ensure that records are available for Doctors home visits, by printing the relevant information from the patients computerised record.

b. Retrieve and re-file paper records as required, ensuring that strict alphabetical order is adhered to.

c. Ensure that correspondence, reports, results etc. are passed to the relevant departments/ persons to be scanned or entered electronically into the patient record. Ensure records are kept neat and tidy and in good repair with all necessary information recorded correctly on the outer cover.

d. Ensure that the records of new patients are tagged in the correct manner.

e. Ensure that computer entries are made correctly and on a timely basis.

Preparation of Consulting Rooms

a. Ensure that the consulting rooms are prepared in readiness for each consulting session and at the end of each consulting session that the room is left tidy and secure.

Operation of the Telephone System

Receive and make telephone calls as required.Divert and take messages as appropriate.

Start and End of Day Procedures

a. Open up premises at the start of the day, set alarm to day function and make all necessary preparations to receive patients.

b. Secure premises at the end of the day, ensure the building is totally secured, internal lights off and alarm activated.

General Responsibilities:

• Ensure total familiarity with all computer programmes which affect your work.
• Ensure that your work area is kept neat and tidy.
• Monitor effectiveness of the various systems you operate and report any problems or variations required.

Special Requirements of the post:

• An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality.
• An ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness, common sense and local knowledge to respond to patients enquiries and requests.
• Excellent communication and secretarial skills.

Able to Provide Cover:Reception

Equality and diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and riskAssess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Communication:

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers
• Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Confidentiality:

• In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
• In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
• Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Contribution to the implementation of services:

The post-holder will:

Apply practice policies, standards and guidance

Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work

Participate in audit where appropriate

Any other delegated duties considered appropriate to the post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent GCSE Mathematics and English (C or above)
• Previous experience in a medical receptionist role although full traning will be given.

Experience

• Experience of working with the general public Experience of administrative duties
• Experience of working within a high pressure fast pace environment
• Experience of working in a healthcare setting