Practice Receptionist

3 weeks ago


BurtonOnTrent, United Kingdom Carlton Group Practice Full time

Job summary

Main duties of the job

As the first point contact to the Practice you will receive, assist and direct patients or visitors in accessing the appropriate service or healthcare professional in a courteous, efficient and effective way, projecting a professional manner at all times.

You will provide general administrative assistance to the Practice team and project a positive and friendly image to patients and other visitors, either in person or via the telephone at either of the two sites.

Overview of your organisation

We are a large and friendly Practice close to the centre of Burton caring for over 16,000 patients from our two sites, Carlton Street Surgery and King Street Surgery.

Our clinical team consists of 5 GP Partners, Salaried GPs, Clinical Pharmacists, Practice Nurses, Health Care Assistants and Care Coordinators all supported by an experienced management and administrative team.

**Job summary**:
Receive, assist and direct patients in accessing the appropriate service or healthcare professional in a courteous, efficient and effective way.

Provide general administrative assistance to the Practice team and project a positive and friendly image to patients and other visitors, either in person or via the telephone at either of the two sites.

**Job responsibilities**:
The duties and responsibilities to be undertaken by members of the Practice Reception Team may include any or all of the following administrative duties:

- Opening / locking of Practice premises and maintaining security in accordance with Practice protocols
- Ensuring a professional, effective and efficient reception service is provided to patients and any other visitors to the Practice
- Dealing with all general enquiries efficiently and courteously including where necessary explaining policy and procedures
- Explaining practice arrangements and formal requirements to new patients and those seeking temporary cover and ensure procedures are completed
- Processing telephone requests and face to face requests for appointments, visits and telephone consultations and ensuring callers are directed to the appropriate healthcare professional following internal pathways
- Take messages, ensuring accuracy of detail and prompt appropriate delivery to the correct member of staff
- Process internal electronic and non-electronic tasks
- Enter requests for home visits onto the computer system, ensuring careful recording of all relevant details
- General photocopying
- Printing blood test request forms
- Advising patients of relevant charges for private (non-General Medical Services) services, accept payment and issue receipts
- Enter/amend patient information onto the computer as required
- Filing of patient notes as required, ensuring strict alphabetical order is adhered to
- Ensure that all new patients are registered onto the computer system promptly and accurately.
- Process samples received from patients following internal protocol
- Liaising with external health care providers as required / requested by members of the clinical team
- Assisting other members of the Primary Health Care Team as required
- Covering for absent colleagues as and when necessary
- Undertake any other additional duties appropriate to the post as requested by the Management Team.

Duties may be varied from time to time under the direction of the Head of Reception / Practice Managers, dependent on current and evolving Practice workload and staffing levels.

**Confidentiality**

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.

In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

**Health and Safety**

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health and Safety Policy, and the Practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

- Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines
- Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
- Making effective use of training to update knowled


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