Medical Receptionist/administrator

3 weeks ago


Preston, United Kingdom St Fillans Medical Centre Full time

**Job Description & Person Specification - Medical Receptionist/Administrator**

**Job Title **Medical Administrator

**Line Manager **Lead Secretary

**Accountable to **Practice Manager

**Hours per week **37 hours per week (Mon - Fri)

**Job Summary**

To be responsible for undertaking a wide range of administrative duties and the provision of general support to the multidisciplinary team. Duties can include but are not limited to, patient registration, processing of information (electronic and hard copy) distribution of information, messages and enquiries for the clinical team, liaising with multidisciplinary team members and external agencies such as secondary care and community service providers, scanning and coding of clinical correspondence, processing \Insurance reports.

**About the Practice**

We are a friendly GP practice based in Penwortham, Preston with c8,500 patients. We currently have 2 GP partners, 3 salaried GP’s, and practice nurse team of 3 who are supported by our growing multidisciplinary team which currently includes a clinical pharmacist, social prescriber, first contact physio, mental health practitioner and a trainee associate psychological practitioner (TAAP). The clinical team are supported by our management, reception and secretarial teams.

**Generic Responsibilities**

All staff at St Fillans Medical Centre have a duty to conform to the following:
**Equality, Diversity & Inclusion**

A good attitude and positive action towards ED&I creates and environment where all individuals are able to achieve their full potential. Creating such an environment is important for three reasons: it improves operational effectiveness, it is morally the right thing to do, and it is required by law.

**Safety, Health, Environment and Fire (SHEF)**

This practice is committed to supporting and promoting opportunities to for staff to maintain their health, well-being and safety. You have a duty to take reasonable care of health and safety at work for you, your team and others, and to cooperate with employers to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements. All personnel are to comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Environmental Protection Act 1990, Environment Act 1995, Fire Precautions (workplace) Regulations 1999 and other statutory legislation.

**Confidentiality**

This practice is committed to maintaining an outstanding confidential service. Patients entrust and permit us to collect and retain sensitive information relating to their health and other matters, pertaining to their care. They do so in confidence and have a right to expect all staff will respect their privacy and maintain confidentiality at all times. It is essential that if, the legal requirements are to be met and the trust of our patients is to be retained that all staff protect patient information and provide a confidential service.

**Quality & Continuous Improvement (CI)**

To preserve and improve the quality of our output, all personnel are required to think not only of what they do, but how they achieve it. By continually re-examining our processes, we will be able to develop and improve the overall effectiveness of the way we work. The responsibility for this rests with everyone working within the practice to look for opportunities to improve quality and share good practice.

This practice continually strives to improve work processes which deliver health care with improved results across all areas of our service provision. We promote a culture of continuous improvement, where everyone counts and staff are permitted to make suggestions and contributions to improve our service delivery and enhance patient care.

**Induction Training**

On arrival at the practice all personnel are to complete a practice induction programme; this is managed by the Practice Manager.

**Learning and Development**

**Collaborative Working**

All staff are to recognise the significance of collaborative working. Teamwork is essential in multidisciplinary environments. Effective communication is essential and all staff must ensure they communicate in a manner which enables the sharing of information in an appropriate manner.

**Service Delivery**

Staff at the practice must adhere to the information contained with practice policies and regional directives, ensuring protocols are adhered to at all times. Staff will be given detailed information during the induction process regarding policy and procedure.

**Security**

The security of the practice is the responsibility of all personnel. Staff must ensure they remain vigilant at all times and report any suspicious activity immediately to their line manager. Under no circumstances are staff to share the codes for the door locks to anyone and are to ensure that restricted areas remain effectively secured.

**Professional Conduct**

Staff are required to dress appropriately for their role, in accordance with our uniform policy for administrative staff.

**Leave**

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