Patient Access Navigator for Primary Care

The Methodist Church in Britain; Hindley; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training provided

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a Care Navigator for Ince Surgery, a GP practice recruited through SSP Health. You will be the first point of contact for patients, arranging clinics, passing on information from the clinical team and helping people access services in the community.

The role involves telephone, face-to-face and electronic enquiries, plus general office tasks such as filing, coding and referrals.

Qualifications

• Experience of booking appointments.
• Good IT knowledge.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Good telephone manner.
• Compassionate, friendly and motivated nature.
• Ability to work in a busy, demanding environment.

Responsibilities

• First point of contact for arranging patient clinics.
• Booking patient appointments.
• Dealing with telephone, face-to-face and electronic enquiries.
• Liaising with clinical and admin staff and patients.
• Contacting patients with information from the clinical team.
• Helping patients access practice services and those in the wider community.
• General office management tasks, including filing.
• Coding and referrals for patients.

Skills

IT knowledge

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Telephone manner

Compassionate and motivated

Ability to work under pressure

Tools

EMIS Web

Docman

Coding skills

Job description

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a Care Navigator for Ince Surgery, a GP practice recruited through SSP Health. You will be the first point of contact for patients, arranging clinics, passing on information from the clinical team and helping people access services in the community.

The role involves telephone, face-to-face and electronic enquiries, plus general office tasks such as filing, coding and referrals.