About this role
Job summary
The Neurology Receptionist will be responsible for providing clinic administration and reception support to patients attending clinic; this will include receiving and greeting patients into clinic areas whilst recording the patient's attendance and clinical outcome on the Patient Administration System (PAS).
You will also be responsible for providing an appointment booking service to enable patients to book future appointments when leaving the department. This may also involve some telephone booking of appointments and the scheduling of forthcoming appointments, from other sources of patient enquires, whilst providing a confidential, efficient patient-friendly and out side agency contact service.
Main duties of the job
You will be interactive with the General Public, Nursing, Medical staff and other Trust Administrative and Clerical Staff. You will ensure all reception processes are carried out in a timely and accurate manner to ensure an efficient Reception and quality service to all users. Integral to the role with be the maintaining of the clinic administration functions on PAS ensuring that they are 'cashed up' in a timely and accurate manner at the end of each clinic session. Scanning of patient records to the EPR system. Dealing and responding to telephone queries and messages.
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Job description Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careerswebsite: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
We continually review our recruitment processes to ensure they are supporting us achieving an inclusive and representative team.
We recognise that many people find interviews daunting and the conventional interview approach, of unseen questions, often impacts performance on the day. We are therefore sending interview questions, to candidates, in advance for this vacancy. If you are invited for interview you will receive your interview questions in advance of your interview date.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Working within a confidential environment
Desirable
Patient administration background
Qualifications Essential
RAS 2 clerical qualification or equivalent experience
Skills Essential
Prioritisation of tasks Communication skills Able to work in high pressure environment Reliable
Knowledge Desirable
Knowledge of PAS Medical terminology
Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Employer details Employer name Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Address Altrincham Health and Wellbeing Centre
33 Market Street
Altrincham
WA14 1PF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)