Job summary
- Main area
- General Practice
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 319-6255874HD
- Employer
- Northumbria Primary Care
- Employer type
- Private Sector
- Site
- Haydon Bridge & Allendale Surgery
- Town
- Haydon Bridge, Hexham
- Salary
- £22,383 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Customer Care Administrator
NHS AfC: Band 2
Northumbria Primary Care Ltd (NPC) is a pioneering partnership with local GPs and now manages several GP practices with around 50,000 registered patients in Northumberland and North Tyneside.
Please note that NPC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
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Job overview
We are looking to recruit a friendly, motivated and professional customer care administrator to join our team. Ideally, the successful candidate will have a background of working in primary care, as well as strong customer service and administrative skills.
This position will be based at the Haydon Bridge & Allendale Surgery. The successful candidate will be providing a high level of customer service to patients of NPC practices.
Northumbria Primary Care is a developing, dynamic organisation with a clear vision for Primary Care service delivery. We are pushing the boundaries of how we deliver our services, which is facilitating greater opportunities for our staff.
You must be able to prioritise workload without supervision and have good organisational and IT skills. Provide secretarial support to GP's and clinicians. You will be required to help out on the telephones as and when required. Answer telephone calls, respond to all enquiries, direct the public as and when appropriate, provide admin support to nursing & clinical staff. Full training will be provided on the use of SystmOne.
Main duties of the job
Ensure all referrals are sent via the appropriate method i.e e-referral system.
Deal with requests for access to medical records.
Managing the practice generic in box and other electronic messaging systems.
Dealing with telephone calls from patients and third parties as appropriate.
And any other duties that are relevant to the post.
Working in a busy reception desk dealing with patients face to face and on the telephone.
All administrative duties and working together as a cohesive team with both clinicians and other administrative staff.
Taking meeting minutes as required.
Working for our organisation
Northumbria Primary Care Ltd (NPC) is a pioneering partnership with local GPs and now manages several GP practices with around 50,000 registered patients in Northumberland and North Tyneside.
Whilst appointees will have a base practice within NPC, they may be asked to work at other practices across our group. We do however limit this as much as possible as we appreciate continuity is vital to effective primary care.
Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before applying to join our fantastic organisation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Dealing with telephone calls from patients, and third parties as appropriate
Scan all incoming patient information into their computerised medical records.
To answer telephone calls & respond to all enquires directing the public as appropriate
To provide admin support to nursing & clinical staff.
Issue invoices and seeking payment for private work, keeping a record of monies received and owed using a Microsoft excel spreadsheet.
To receive confidential information by telephone or face to face and input accurately into SystemOne as appropriate.
Ensuring external mail is posted off daily.
In the instance of staff absence due to annual leave and sickness, provide cover for the secretarial team.
Supporting reception daily.
The above is a guideline to some of the duties expected from a secretary in general practice but is by no means exhaustive
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 2 or higher in Customer service/Administration/Healthcare or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- To be flexible and respond to changing service needs
- Knowledge & understanding of the data protection act
- Knowledge of the freedom of information act
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Catriona Uren
- Job title
- Practice Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01434 684216
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