Medical Receptionist/Administrator

NHS; Leicester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Leicestershire is seeking a motivated Receptionist/Administrator to join their team. The role involves managing reception duties, booking appointments, and supporting a multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates will have excellent communication skills and the ability to remain calm under pressure. Previous experience in a GP surgery is an advantage but not essential, as full training will be provided. Attractive terms and conditions and an NHS Pension scheme are also offered.

Benefits

Attractive terms and conditions

NHS Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Previous GP surgery experience is an advantage.
• Flexibility to cover holidays and sickness is desirable.
• Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for reception duties and support for the multidisciplinary team.
• Greeting and directing patients.
• Booking appointments and processing incoming post.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Teamwork

Ability to remain calm under pressure

Tools

SystmOne

PRISM

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting new opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic applicant for our Receptionist/Administrator vacancy to join our friendly team in rural Leicestershire. Billesdon Surgery provides general medical services for approximately 7500 patients living in Billesdon and the surrounding villages. CQC rating is Good, and we are a SystmOne user. The Receptionist/Administrator will have excellent communication and team skills, with the ability to remain calm and polite under pressure. This position is to support our small friendly team here at Billesdon Surgery. Previous GP surgery experience is an advantage, although not essential as full training can be given. Flexibility to cover holidays and sickness as required is desirable. Attractive terms and conditions and NHS Pension scheme.

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
• Processing incoming post and information
• Assisting patients as required
• PRISM referrals, rejections, advice and guidance and 2 week wait referrals

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

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

A good attitude and positive action towards Equality Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I) creates an environment where all individuals can achieve their full potential. It is important for operational effectiveness, morally right, and required by law. Patients and their families have the right to be treated fairly and to be routinely involved in decisions about their treatment and care. They can expect to be treated with dignity and respect and will not be discriminated against on grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Staff have a responsibility to ensure that they treat patients and colleagues with dignity and respect, and to promote equality of opportunity.

Safety, Health, Environment and Fire (SHEF)

Billesdon Surgery is committed to supporting and promoting opportunities for staff to maintain their health, wellbeing and safety. The post holder is to manage and assess risk within areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients and that work areas and practices are safe and compliant with health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines. All personnel have a duty to take reasonable care of health and safety at work and to cooperate with employers to ensure compliance.

Confidentiality

Billesdon Surgery is committed to maintaining an outstanding confidential service. Patients entrust and permit us to collect and retain sensitive information relating to their health and other matters pertaining to their care. They have a right to expect all staff will respect their privacy and maintain confidentiality. It is essential that, if the legal requirements are to be met and the trust of our patients is to be retained, all staff must protect patient information and provide a confidential service.

Quality and Continuous Improvement (CI)

To preserve and improve the quality of Billesdon Surgery outputs, all personnel are required to think not only about what they do but how they achieve it. By continually re-examining our processes, we will develop and improve the overall effectiveness of the way we work. The responsibility for this rests with everyone within Billesdon Surgery to look for opportunities to improve quality and share good practice and to discuss, highlight and work with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care. Billesdon Surgery continually strives to improve work processes which deliver healthcare with improved results across all areas of service provision. We promote a culture of continuous improvement where everyone counts, and staff are encouraged to contribute to improve service delivery and patient care.

Induction

At Billesdon Surgery, you will be required to complete the induction programme and the practice management team will support you throughout the process.

Learning and development

The effective use of training and development is fundamental in ensuring that all staff are equipped with the appropriate skills, knowledge, attitude and competences to perform their role. All staff are required to partake in, and complete mandatory training as directed by the Practice Manager. It is an expectation for this post holder to assess their own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate. The post holder will undertake mentorship for team members and disseminate learning and information gained to other team members to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (e.g., courses and conferences). The post holder will provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning.

Collaborative working

All staff are to recognise the significance of collaborative working and understand their own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time. Staff are to prioritise their own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team. Teamwork is essential in multidisciplinary environments and the post holder is to work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working and work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery. Effective communication is essential, and all staff must ensure they communicate in a manner that enables the sharing of information appropriately. All staff should delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence.

Managing information

All staff should use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in the planning, implementation and monitoring of care and presenting and communicating information. Data should be reviewed and processed using accurate SNOMED/read codes to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes. The post holder must adhere to Billesdon Surgery policies and regional directives, ensuring protocols are always adhered to. All staff are required to dress appropriately for their role.

Leave

All personnel are entitled to take leave. Line managers are to ensure all their staff are afforded the opportunity to take 5 weeks leave each year and should be encouraged to take all their leave entitlement. Public holidays will be calculated on a pro-rated basis depending on hours worked.

Primary and Secondary responsibilities

Primary key responsibilities

• Maintain and monitor the practice appointment system
• Process personal and telephone for appointments
• Answer incoming phone calls, transferring calls or dealing with the callers request appropriately
• Signpost patients to the correct service
• Initiating contact with and responding to requests from patients, team members and external agencies
• Processing daily incoming post
• PRISM referrals, rejections, advice and guidance and 2 week wait referrals
• Photocopy documentation as required
• Data entry of new and temporary registrations and relevant patient information as required
• Input data into patients healthcare records as necessary
• Direct requests for information, e.g., SAR, insurance/solicitors letters and DVLA forms to the administrative team
• Manage all queries as necessary in an efficient manner
• Maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area at all times
• Monitor and maintain the reception area and notice boards
• Support all clinical staff with general daily tasks as requested

Secondary responsibilities

In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Receptionist may be requested to:

• Action incoming emails and correspondence as necessary
• Scan patient related documentation and attach scanned documents to patients health records
• Complete opening and closing procedures in accordance with the duty rota
• As required at Bushby Surgery, support the dispensary in the management of repeat prescriptions, ensuring they are processed accurately and efficiently

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Ereferral
• PRISM
• Ereferral
• PRISM

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.