Private Patient Liaison Officer

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced administrator for the Private Patient Unit at the Chelsea site. The post holder will be the first point of contact for patients, secretaries and healthcare insurers, providing information on services and prices and handling self-pay enquiries to maximise conversion to appointments and treatments.

The role includes arranging appointments, theatre bookings, and ensuring literature is sent before admissions, with a

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join our new Private Patient services at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital under Chelsea and Westminster Foundation Trust within the Private Patient Unit.

We are looking for someone to join our committed team providing excellent patient experience and embracing the Trust values. We are looking for an experienced administrator with a passion for exceeding patient expectation and ability to deliver a 5 star service to all patients within the Private Patient Unit. Successfully candidates will work at the Chelsea site, supporting the implementation of Private Care services . You should have a friendly patient centric approach and will need to be able to remain calm and approachable in a very busy private patient business office. You should possess excellent people and time management skills so as to be able to provide an optimum level of customer service to patients, both in person and over the telephone, and also to other users of the service. A flexible approach is also required as there will be a need to work different shift patterns, the successful candidate may be require to support across site when necessary.

The post holder will be the first point of contact for patients, secretaries and health care insurance companies wishing to book / enquire about the services available. The post holder will be able to provide patients with accurate prices for services they may wish to receive. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that patients from all private units receive information regarding the services they wish to receive.

The post holder will have specific responsibility for the handling of self-pay enquiries directly from members of the public from phone calls, website enquiries, emails and potentially face to-face meetings. The post holder will be responsible for providing information on procedures and services, explaining prices and processes and maximising the conversion of enquiries to out-patient appointments, tests and admissions for treatment and ensuring patients account are up to date with payments and the correct deposits are acquired before treatment.

The post holder will be responsible for making appointments for patients in outpatients or diagnostic facilities, and sending the appropriate literature to the patient once the appointment / diagnostic has been booked.

The post holder will be responsible for arranging all theatre bookings and ensuring that patients are appropriately identified on theatre lists, ensuring that all literature is sent out to the patient prior to the their admission.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England. We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Molly Rutherford Job title: Assistant Service Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0203 315 3594