Primary Care Centre (PCC) Bank Receptionist

LCW UCC; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is looking for a Bank Receptionist for their Primary Care Centre. The ideal candidate will provide excellent front-line service, handle patient interactions, and maintain accurate records. Flexibility in shift selection is offered, catering to various operational hours across multiple sites. Previous experience in healthcare and exceptional communication skills are crucial for this role.

Benefits

Flexible shift patterns

Opportunity for career development

Dynamic team environment

Qualifications

• Previous experience in IUC or healthcare settings.
• Experience in primary care services.
• Knowledge of local primary care key stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient front-line service to patients.
• Maintain patient records accurately.
• Ensure equipment is clean and prepared for clinicians.
• Assist patients and handle enquiries effectively.

Skills

Exceptional communication skills

Customer service commitment

Ability to manage multiple priorities

Competency in Microsoft Office

Education

GCSE Education

Functional skills in literacy and numeracy

GCSE Maths

Job description

Primary Care Centre (PCC) Bank Receptionist

The Receptionist isresponsible for providing an efficient and effective front-line service as partof the Primary Care Centre (PCC).

The post holderwill provide a comprehensive supportservice carrying out general reception and clerical duties includingdata inputting on to designated IT systems within the PCC to ensure the smooth running of the unit.

The PCC Receptionist will effectively be able to correctly set up the PCC ready for the Clinicians and patients ensuring all checks are completed,

Please note:

The PCC service operates across 8 sites,Monday to Friday, 18:30 - 08:00, and Friday 18:00 through to Monday 08:00, 365 days a year, including Bank Holidays.

A variety of shift patterns are available during operational hours.

This is a Bank position with no fixed working pattern. The role offers flexibility, allowing you to select shifts that suit your availability through our electronic rota system, subject to service needs and shift availability.

For more details, please get in touch.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for providing a customer orientated reception interacting with patients and relatives in a polite and courteous manner at all times.

Ensuring the smooth running of the site, ensuring all medication and prescriptions are logged and accounted for on each shift in partnership with the clinician.

To maintain a high level of customer care at alltimes. To liaise and communicate effectively and sympathetically with allvisitors to the department, directing them asappropriate and actingas a focal point for enquiries

To obtain patients demographic details in asensitive manner and input onto the appropriate electronic records managementsystem ensuring accuracy.

To ensure that information is appropriately passedbetween systems as appropriate to facilitate the patients progress through theservice.

To follow safeguardingprocess after booking in each child.

About us

This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the UKs most successful and innovative 111/Integrated Urgent Care Providers (IUC) with a 28-year long history. At LCW you will become part of a highly skilled and dynamic team based in the heart of West London, next to the World-famous Portobello Road street market and home to one of the UKs most diverse communities.

We are committed to staff development and you will be nurtured and given the opportunity to move through the LCW ranks should you wish to forge an enviable career in the NHS.

Job responsibilities

• Check and ensure that all equipment/trollies/consumables are stocked and clean for each clinician
• Chaperone duties when requested by a patient or clinician
• Follow site security measures for staff and patient safety
• Assist and carry out any patient surveys or questionnaires.
• As a receptionist you will be trained to be multi skilled, you could be trained as a driver and call centre support the expectation is for all staff to be flexible and move as required to meet the service needs and as a standard part of the reception role support with comfort calling.
• A good knowledge and understanding the patient safety calling, comfort calling, and courtesy calling standard operating procedure and responsibilities of the role and that of the clinician. The driver must prompt the clinician at the appropriate time to patient safety call, if unable to then the Senior Operations Navigator (SON) must be informed
• To deal with ad hoc enquiries and complaints in a pleasant and responsive manner, solving problems immediately where possible and referring to an appropriate senior person if necessary.
• Monitor the welfare of patients in the waiting area and notify a member of the clinical team if concerned about a patient wellbeing.
• Assist the clinician in the use of the computer system if necessary.
• Ensure that all faulty equipment is reported to the line manager
• To regularly check emails to keep up with relevant role and organisational information.
• To be aware of the Business Continuity process for the PCCs and how to operate and implement a manual process as required.
• Any ad hoc tasks and duties as required by the needs of the service.

Person Specification

Experience

• Previous experience working within IUC or previous experience working within a health care setting, or other customer services/patient facing environment.
• Experience of working in primary care.
• Knowledge of local primary care services including key stakeholders.

Qualifications

• GCSE Education
• Functional skills in literacy and numeracy and IT
• GCSE Maths

Skills/Abilities

• Ability to effectively work on and manage many priorities at one time.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office - (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Understands the principles of confidentiality, GDPR and Information Governance and can work accordingly to maintain confidentiality.
• Strong commitment to customer service and satisfaction.

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.