Senior Receptionist/care NavigatorNHS

Job summary

To assist the Practice Manager and Leadership team to oversee the reception/care navigation team as directed. Receive, assist and direct patients in accessing the appropriate service or healthcare professional in a courteous, efficient and effective way.

Provide general assistance to the practice team and project a positive and friendly image to patients and other visitors, either in person or via the telephone

Main duties of the job

a. To oversee the operational running of the reception and team

b. Ensure that the team complies to the opening and closing procedures in the practice according to practice policy

c. Ensure mandatory blue stream /external training for the team is up to date and recorded on training spreadsheet

d. Complete staff rotas on a weekly basis ensuring the reception team is adequately staffed at all times.

e. Respond and solve to IT problems within the team

f. Monitor tasks ensuring completion of all daily tasks

g. In the absence of the Practice Manager to direct major complaints towards the Leadership Team and oversee and respond to minor complaints

h. Produce SEA and record appropriately on GP teamnet

Alert Practice Manager or Leadership Team to any problems that could affect the safety of the Practice

a. Direct any staff concerns (either about or from) toward the Practice Manager or Office Supervisor

b. Compete any relevant training required and keep up to date with policies and procedures.

c. Update Reception procedures with approved content from Practice Manager

Job description

General reception duties

Ensure an effective and efficient reception service is provided to patients and any other visitors to the practice.

Deal with all general queries, explain procedures and make new and follow up appointments

Scanning of patient related documentation and attaching scanned documents to patients healthcare records.

Accept test samples from patients and deal with accordingly

Support all clinical staff with general administrative tasks as requested

Explain practice arrangements and formal requirements to new patients and those seeking temporary cover and ensure administrative procedures are completed.

Receiving and make telephone calls as required. Divert calls and take messages, ensuring accuracy of detail and prompt appropriate delivery, including;

Relay of GP advice and test results to patients

Liaison with external organisations as required

Input data into the patients healthcare records as necessary

Maintain a clean and tidy working area at all times

Maintain adequate stationery stocks within the reception office and consulting rooms

Patient notes and correspondence

Retrieve and re-file records as required

ensure correspondence, report, results etc are filed or scanned promptly and in the correct file

Use e-mail and onward correspondence as required and record and action all incoming faxes

Process requests for information I.E SAR and patient online access under the guidance of the team leader

Premises

Complete opening procedures at the start of the day when first to arrive and make all necessary preparations to receive patients

Complete closing procedures at the end of the day ensuring all confidential information is stored away securely and internal lights are off

a. Partake in audit as directed by the audit lead

b. Support administrative and prescribing staff, providing cover during staff absences

c. To support QOF administration team with contacting and inviting relevant patients to the surgery for reviews and procedures

About us

Darwen Healthlink is a forward thinking, proactive training practice situated within the West Pennine Moors. We are seeking to employ a highly experience motivated Senior Receptionist/Care Navigator, who has ambition, innovative ideas and would like to become a part of our dedicated team of administration staff.

We are a member practice of the Blackburn with Darwen LPC Federation & part of Darwen PCN.

About Us:

Darwen Healthlink is a high QOF achiever and we use Emis Web Clinical System, Lexacom, Remote Access and Iplato. Our patient list size is currently around 15500, patients and we are located in a modern multipurpose Health Centre with a variety of Community based healthcare providers within the building such as Treatment Rooms, Dental, Podiatry, MSK, Audiology and have an onsite Community Pharmacy. The Health Centre is located just off Junction 4 of the M65 providing easy access to the Motorway networks

Our practice team consists of 4 GP Partners, 2 Salaried GPs, 1 Advanced Nurse Practitioners, 2 Clinical Pharmacist, 1 Pharmacy Technician, 1 Mental Health Practitioner, 6 Practice Nurses, 1 Healthcare Assistant, 2 Phlebotomists and 1 Practice Manager, who are supported by an effective and professional administrative team who have been provided with training on workflow optimisation and care navigation.