Patient Services Advisor

NHS; Market Harborough; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking full-time and part-time Patient Services Advisors for its Market Harborough Medical Centre. This role involves excellent communication and customer service skills in a busy reception environment, offering extensive training and opportunities for personal development. Successful candidates will work as part of a dedicated team, enhancing patient care through various administrative tasks.

Benefits

Employee assistance programme

Bike to work scheme

Monthly wellbeing treats such as book vouchers and cakes

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a customer-facing role required.
• Excellent telephone manner and ability to work under pressure.
• Basic level of Microsoft Office skills needed.

Responsibilities

• Answering telephone calls and speaking to patients at the front desk.
• Processing administrative tasks and liaising with external organisations.
• Covering the front desk at the Minor Injuries Unit.

Skills

Customer service skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Education

English and Maths GCSE pass or equivalent

Basic level of Microsoft Office

Job description

Go back Market Harborough & Bosworth Partnership

Patient Services Advisor

The closing date is 25 June 2025

We are seeking full-time and/or part-time Patient ServicesAdvisors to work in our busy reception department at Market Harborough Medical Centre. Successful applicants will join an established and friendly team, supported by a Team Leader, Reception Supervisors, and a dedicated Reception Manager. The role can be challenging but varied and full training will be provided. We support our patient services advisors to take on additional responsibilities with additional training to expand their knowledge and skills.

Candidates must have previous experience in a customer-facing role and beable to demonstrate excellent communication skills, plus the ability to work as part of a team.

Main duties of the job

The key responsibilities of the role may include (but are not limited to):

• Answering telephone calls and speaking to patients at the front desk
• Processing administrative tasks from the wider practice team
• Liaising with external organisations
• Registering new patients on the system and processing documentation
• Working as part of the daily triage team dealing with incoming WhatsApp messages from our patients
• Covering the front desk at our Minor Injuries Unit in St Luke's Hospital
• Learning how to complete referrals for the clinical staff

About us

Market Harborough and Bosworth Partnership is excited to announce that we are recruiting additional patient services advisors to join our friendly team. Market Harborough Medical Centre will be the main location of the job and is situated within walking distance of a bustling town centre. We are the largest GP surgery in South Leicestershire, operating out of three sites: Market Harborough Medical Centre, Husbands Bosworth Surgery, and St Luke's Treatment Centre. We have 34,000 patients and 10 care homes. We have a supportive organisational culture that champions continuous learning and development for all staff. All staff are provided with an extensive induction period where they meet different teams across the business and learn how we work! We are a forward-thinking surgery that listens to feedback and acts on it, improving and updating our processes to ensure we continuously strive to deliver high-quality patient care. The reception team is instrumental in delivering this care, as the first point of contact for all patients. We provide our staff with several wellbeing initiatives such as an employee assistance programme, the bike to work scheme, and monthly wellbeing treats such as book vouchers and cakes! We host parties in both summer and Christmas time for all staff.

Job responsibilities

General Responsibilities:

• Answering telephone calls and speaking to patients at the front desk
• Processing administrative tasks from the wider practice team
• Liaising with external organisations
• Registering new patients on the system and processing documentation
• Working as part of the daily triage team dealing with incoming WhatsApp messages from our patients
• Covering the front desk at our Minor Injuries Unit in St Luke's Hospital
• Learning how to complete referrals for the clinical staff

The post-holder is expected to:

• Adhere to practice policies and procedures and relevant legislation including the requirements of any professional bodies
• Attend mandatory training as identified by the practice
• The post-holder must maintain the confidentiality of information about patients staff and practice business in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and Caldicott principles (training provided).
• Employees must be aware of the responsibilities placed upon them under the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), to ensure that the agreed safety procedures are carried out to maintain a safe environment for employees and visitors (training provided).
• All members of staff have a responsibility to report all clinical and non-clinical accidents, incidents or near-misses promptly and when requested to co-operate with any investigations undertaken.
• All members of staff have a responsibility to demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children (training provided).
• The practice has adopted an equal opportunities policy and all employees must be aware of their obligations to abide by the spirit and nature of the policy to avoid direct and indirect discrimination (training provided).

Knowledge and Experience:

• To have excellent customer service skills and work well under pressure.
• To have well developed key board skills and confident in using the IT resource.
• Willingness to learn and disseminate new knowledge and skills to others.
• Good personal organisation and ability to work and an individual or as part of a team.
• To be polite, professional, and approachable at all times when within the business.
• To understand, accept and adhere to the strict rules of confidentiality.
• To have a basic level of Microsoft office.

Communication:

• Communicate clearly with patients/carers and relatives about their presenting condition and subsequent appointment with a clinician.
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Work collaboratively with all colleagues and outside agencies.
• Awareness of data protection issues

Person Specification

Qualifications

• English and Maths GCSE pass or equivalent.
• Microsoft office basic level.

Experience

• Experience in a busy customer facing environment.
• Excellent telephone manner.
• Highly organised, methodical and logical.
• Positive and proactive approach to work.
• Confident on the telephone.

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.

Employer name

Market Harborough & Bosworth Partnership