Medical Receptionist

5 months ago

Middlesbrough, United Kingdom Hirsel Medical Centre Full time

**Job Description Job Responsibilities Job Title**: Medical Receptionist. Reporting to: Practice Manager/Partners. Role summary: Receive, assist and direct patients in accessing the appropriate service or healthcare professional in a courteous, efficient and effective way. Provide general assistance to the Practice team and project a positive and friendly image to patients and other visitors, either in person or via the telephone.

To provide efficient, helpful, informative and supportive reception and administration services to patients and members of the primary health care team. The following list serves to illustrate the scope and responsibilities of the post and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties. You will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by the development of this role as the practice develops, and the overall business objectives of the practice change. Reception duties: Ensure an effective and efficient reception service is provided to patients and any other visitors to the Practice.

Deal with all general enquiries, explain procedures and make new and follow-up appointments. Booking patients into appointment systems and ensuring appointment systems is monitored through the day Receive and make telephone calls as required. Divert calls and take messages, ensuring accuracy of detail and prompt appropriate delivery. Enter requests for home visits into the home visits book/screen, ensuring careful recording of all relevant details and where necessary refer to Duty Doctor.

Take action on clinicians Tasks for further information/patient contact information etc. (including computerised practice notes). Advise patients of relevant charges for private (non-General Medical Services) services, accept payment and issue receipts for same. Prepare clinical rooms for surgeries and ensure adequate supplies of consumables (including bottles, couch rolls, test request forms etc.).

**Premises**: When last to leave at the end of the day, ensure that the building is totally secured, internal lights are off and the alarm activated. Make and serve refreshments for meetings, ensure the kitchen is kept clean and tidy and tidy the waiting room in turn with other staff. Covering colleagues holiday and sick cover as required. Process incoming and outgoing mail according to practice protocols.

Record actions taken in patient record where appropriate or in accordance with practice protocols. Complete other Daily/ Weekly and Monthly core tasks to support to smooth running of the reception area Any other administration duties as necessitated by the needs of the practice. 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. Ensure all Information Governance policies and procedures are followed. Health & Safety: The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include: 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 knowledge and skills Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards Reporting potential risks identified Act as Chaperone when requested by clinician and in accordance with the Chaperone policy.

Ensure Infection Control protocols and procedures are adhered to Equality and Diversity: The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include: Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with the Practice policies and procedures, and current legislation Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to the individual, is non-judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. Personal/Professional Development: The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of their own persona

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