Job overview

As the Specialty Administrator within the HHFT Orthopaedic Service, you will strive for excellence in supporting patients through their care pathway.   

The role will flex dependent on the needs of the service providing a balance of general administration, reception and other duties commensurate with the banding of the post in order that our patients have a high quality patient pathway experience in line with NHS Constitutional Standards  

 You will promote best practice, ensuring that administration is delivered to the standard the service expects, escalating issues and concerns as appropriate in a timely matter so as not to affect patient care. 

 You will primarily be based at Royal Hampshire County Hospital or Basingstoke Hospital depending on the base location of the vacant role.  

Main duties of the job

 To act as a receptionist for the Orthopaedic Department, greeting all patients, relatives and visitors 
with courtesy. Answering queries whenever possible or referring enquiries to an appropriate member 
of staff. 
• Responsible for using our EPR system correctly to record the attendance of patients in line with the 
Trust E-Outcoming Policy. 
• Responsible for ensuring all patient E-Outcomes are actioned as per the Orthopaedic Outpatient 
Process and Outpatient Booking Policy, using OPWLs as appropriate. 
• Responsible for the booking/cancellation of all trauma and elective follow-up appointments and 
trauma ward discharge appointments via Patient Centre in line with the Orthopaedic Outpatient 
Booking Process and E-Outcoming Process. 
• Responsible for checking patient demographic details, general practitioner, next of kin, ethnic origin, 
in line with the Trust and Government requirements and correctly recording those via Patient Centre. 
• To direct patients to the appropriate waiting area, Plaster Room, Treatment Room, X-ray etc. 
• To answer the telephone using our Netcall System in a polite and timely manner. 
• To ensure all appointment letters are printed via Patient Hub daily
• To provide additional support as and when required by the Band 5 Orthopaedic Admin Manager during 
periods of annual leave and sickness. 
• To attend monthly local departmental meetings

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.