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Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to appoint highly motivated Health Navigators to join our friendly and supportive Single Point of Access (SPA) team across Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire on a permanent basis!

Our team is compiled of 100 Health Navigators & Clinicians working flexibly across 3 sites in Bristol, Clevedon, and Warmley. We offer hybrid working and flexible shifts. We are looking for Navigators who are available on during evenings and weekends.

SPA is the first point of contact for all referrals into Planned Nursing, Therapy and Urgent Community Response.

As Health Navigators we provide comprehensive administrative support to health and social care professionals, hospitals, GPs, service-users, their relatives and carers and other stakeholders in the wider health community. We provide first line support through phone calls, emails and other electronic referral.

Our commitment is to put our service users first, we are looking for dedicated professionals who share our same passion to deliver quality care and excellence.

If you are organised, have great interpersonal skills, strong verbal and written skills and have an eye for detail this could be the role for you...

We are looking for a team member who is hard working, flexible and able to prioritise their work, and who wants to be part of a highly motivated and enthusiastic team.

Main duties of the job

To act as the first and central point of contact for the service both by telephone, email and in person. To determine and / or act independently to enquires which may be of a confidential / volatile nature.

Have a good knowledge of various administrative processes and practices, some of which are non-routine activities such as answering queries, chasing progress and task-related problem solving acquired through experience and training

To have the ability to work without supervision when required to identify patients needs and the most appropriate pathway for people referred via SPA using a clear set of guidelines.

To liaise internally with colleagues within the organisation, and externally with partner organisations and outside agencies, service users, and other members of the public.

To maintain accurate and up to date patient records and data collated in the Sirona IT systems

Working for our organisation

We are Sirona care & health, a Community Interest Company committed to providing local communities with a range of high-quality specialist healthcare services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. For us, it’s about the personal approach; we take pride in what we do and deliver the high standard of care we would expect for ourselves and our families.

At Sirona, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of colleagues, people and communities. We welcome applications from all who feel they have the skills and attributes to make a real difference.

Benefits:

We offer NHS Agenda for Change Salary, Terms and Conditions and the NHS pension scheme plus much more! 

Please see the benefits leaflet attached to this advert for details.

We offer NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) salary including annual leave supplement, Stakeholder pension, a range of health and wellbeing incentives, high street discounts, plus much more!