Do you want to be part of your local community, helping patients get the right care in the right place by the right people? Are you kind, compassionate and enjoy a challenge?
At The Orchard Practice, Chessington and Churchill Medical Centre, Kingston, we are recruiting for full and part-time roles in our first contact administration team.
Part-time & Full-time hours per week. To include Fridays.
The team is responsible for dealing with patients face to face and over the telephone, ensuring they see the right member of our Practice team, as well as dealing with queries from patients and healthcare staff alike.
The world of General Practice is busy, often challenging, but also very rewarding. If you think you are the right person to join our team, please apply. All successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
Greet patients and visitors to the practice. Book in patients and visitors in line with practice appointments and visitors procedures. Respond and/or redirect all patient and visitor requests accordingly. Ensure computerised appointment system is up-to-date. Booking, amending, and cancelling patient appointments. Set-up of new patients onto the computer system, including amendment of new patient information. Sort and distribute post and results for scanning or filing as appropriate. Completion of authorised prescriptions and their distribution. Answering incoming telephone calls, ensuring calls are documented and redirected accordingly. Ensure computerised links system is updated. Booking transport for patient hospital outpatient appointments. Ensure up-to-date maintenance of both computerised and manual filing systems (i.e. patient notes) including scanning and indexing of patient letters. Ensure the premises is secure before leaving and all end of day protocols followed. This job description is not exhaustive and may be adjusted periodically after review and consultation. You will also be expected to carry out any reasonable duties which may be requested from time-to-time. Work safely at all times in accordance with Legislative requirements and Practice Policy and Procedures. Person Specification
Qualifications
GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths. Good level of computer literacy. 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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Greet patients and visitors to the practice. Book in patients and visitors in line with practice appointments and visitors procedures. Respond and/or redirect all patient and visitor requests accordingly. Ensure computerised appointment system is up-to-date. Booking, amending, and cancelling patient appointments. Set-up of new patients onto the computer system, including amendment of new patient information. Sort and distribute post and results for scanning or filing as appropriate. Completion of authorised prescriptions and their distribution. Answering incoming telephone calls, ensuring calls are documented and redirected accordingly. Ensure computerised links system is updated. Booking transport for patient hospital outpatient appointments. Ensure up-to-date maintenance of both computerised and manual filing systems (i.e. patient notes) including scanning and indexing of patient letters. Ensure the premises is secure before leaving and all end of day protocols followed. This job description is not exhaustive and may be adjusted periodically after review and consultation. You will also be expected to carry out any reasonable duties which may be requested from time-to-time. Work safely at all times in accordance with Legislative requirements and Practice Policy and Procedures. Person Specification
Qualifications
GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths. Good level of computer literacy. 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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