Medical Receptionist

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

Job summary

A GP practice in Middlesbrough seeks a Multi-skilled Receptionist to join their team, assisting in various tasks such as appointment management, patient greeting, and general administration. The ideal candidate should possess excellent communication skills, the ability to work under pressure, and have basic computer knowledge. While experience in a healthcare setting is preferred, training will be provided.

Qualifications

• Ability to remain calm under pressure.
• Experience using IT systems including SystemOne.
• Ability to prioritize tasks effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage appointments and patient requests accurately using established procedures.
• Provide excellent customer service to patients face-to-face and over the phone.
• Process prescriptions and ensure clinic rooms are stocked.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Flexibility

Teamwork

Education

Basic computer knowledge

Job description

Multi-skilled Receptionist Required for GP Practice inMiddlesbrough

CrossfellHealth Centre is looking for a mature, enthusiastic, multi-skilledReceptionist, with a flexible, calm, compassionate approach to join our team.

Essentialqualities in our ideal candidate would be good team work, flexibility and abilityto work in a variety of roles and under pressure . The nature of the workdemands excellent people skills, confidence in using IT, Sytemone and a willingness to beflexible. You would be working in a supportive environment but an ability toremain calm under pressure will also be necessary.

Experiencein general practice (or similar health setting) is ideal but not essential astraining will be given to the right candidate.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job are to support the daily clinical workthrough:

• Call handling, managing appointments, care navigation for patients,and general administration
• Facilitating timely processing of documents, including scanning
• Ensuring prescriptions are processed acurately
• Ensuring clinic rooms are kept stocked
• Being efficient in the management of the appointment system

To achieve this we would like you to have:

• excellent customer service and communication skills
• a professional telephone manner
• Ability to work calmly under pressure
• Be a team player yet show initiative
• Flexibility to cover for sickness and holidays at short noticeif required

About us

The Crossfell clinical team consists of 3 Partner GPs, 4 Salaried GPs, 3 practice nurses, and 2 HCAs forour list of 9300 patients. We are supported by a long established team of receptionists, secretaries and management staff to deliver compassionate and person-centred care.

The practice is friendly and accessible withdemocratic processes and sound governance.

We have a high regard for confidentiality and respect professional boundaries whilst also caring for each other, recognising the importance of each individual to the whole team.

We enjoy a strong team spirit and are always open to new ideas. We work along side other practices in Middlesbrough to ensure that our care is up to date, wholistic and focussed. We enjoy an excellent reputation and have good CQC ratings.

We recognise and individual's skills and seek to develop them through training and annual job reviews so each person can be fulfilled in their role.

Job responsibilities

This Job Description is not exhaustive:

• Greetpatients and visitors to the practice face to face and/or on the telephone beingcourteous, polite and helpful.
• Bookin/cancel/amend patient requests for appointments in person or via thetelephone accurately using the practice appointments system and establishedprocedures.
• Respond and/or redirect all patient requests either written or verbal accurately and accordingly using established procedures
• Ensure messages are recorded accurately and passed to the appropriate team member using established procedures.
• Book patients into the most appropriate clinic according to needs and established procedures.
• Producing and distributing completed prescriptions using established procedures.
• Send District Nursing/phlebotomy requests accurately via the internet
• Not to give out any clinical advice to a patient without first checking with the GP or Nurse
• Process mail using established procedures.
• Ensure scanning is accurately scanned onto patient notes using established procedures.
• Maintain supplies of GP/Nurses medical equipment in their rooms.
• Ensure Pathlab results are processed correctly to the GPs or attached to patient notes using established procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Secure/open the building at the close/start of each working day.
• Respect and maintain privacy, dignity, confidentiality at all times.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualifications:
• Basic computer knowledge

Experience

• The ability to remain calm under pressure
• Ability to prioritise tasks
• Ability for recognise and respect the boundaries of confidentiality
• Ability to work within a team yet retain initiative
• Experience of telephone work
• Experience of using IT systems
• Experience of working in a GP Practice or similar health care setting
• Understanding of SystemOne

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.