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A healthcare organization in the UK is looking for a Band 3 Clerical Officer for Diagnostic Imaging in Chipping Barnet. This full-time position involves providing administrative support, managing patient appointments, and working in a fast-paced environment. Candidates should have strong communication skills and be willing to learn. NHS experience is preferred. The role is fixed-term for 23 months.
This role does not meet the eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa or a Health and Care Worker visa. The Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
Job responsibilities and duties are designed to support the Radiology department and patient care.
CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
To assist in the organisation and servicing of clinics within radiology. Advise patients as per agreed protocols. Send out appointment and prep sheets and deal with telephone queries. Prepare referrals for verification and/or discussion by consultant radiologists. Deal with DNA patients according to department protocols. Liaise with medical staff about inpatient appointments and ward visits.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR PATIENTS
To provide a flexible and responsive outpatient appointment service including: making appointments where appropriate, despatching any paperwork or medical preparation necessary for a diagnostic examination, providing from department protocols any relevant medical and dietary information, dealing with enquiries about appointments, changing or cancelling appointments as needed, arranging late-booked appointments, and liaising with Radiologists about incoming referrals, booking patients as advised and with reference to protocols such as age-limits. Maintaining the appointments system in respect of appointments, consultant leave, servicing schedules and other relevant information. To provide patients with services needed to facilitate their appointments, including arranging patient transport, day beds, interpreters, and dealing with DHSS travel claim forms when presented by patients.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR POLICY AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
Contribute to the development of the service. Collate information for auditing and improving the service. Promptly advise line management of any likely breaches in performance targets. Be able to prioritise workload and work to deadlines. Maintain a flexible attitude to possible changes in job contents. Undertake other duties reasonably required to ensure the smooth running of the department. Ensure that matters involving patient care are kept strictly confidential.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL RESOURCES
Attend to department housekeeping duties: dealing with incoming post, date-stamp non-EPR referrals and distribute as necessary, load printers with paper, labels and ink media as required.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR LEADING AND MANAGING
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.
Fixed term
23 months
Full-time
Barnet Hospital and Edgware Community Hospital
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