Referral and Booking Agent
5 months ago
The CHOICE Centre at Wrightington Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are recruiting an enthusiastic individual to join our well established team as a Referral and Booking Agent. The role is based at Wigan Health Centre.
The post is for 28 hours per week Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday on a permanent contract
Hours will be discussed at interview
A Standard DBS check will be obtained during pre-employment checks.
This post involves contact with patients and families face to face within a community setting. Therefore it cannot be ruled out that the post holder may come in to contact with people who have COVID-19, although the Trust provides PPE and takes all reasonable steps to minimise risk.
Evidence of qualifications will be required.
Duties include taking responsibility for receiving and scanning referrals, issuing appointments in secondary care and MSK CATS, and booking patient transport for those that meet the eligibility criteria.
Experience of working in the NHS, or within a telephone contact centre would be an advantage. An understanding of the the Choose & Book and PAS systems would be desirable.
You must be able to work as part of a team as well as use your own initiative and have the ability to prioritise your own workload. Good communication skills are required.
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Wrightington Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’.
We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs. On-Call
Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
- Provision of an efficient administrative support service to all aspects of the CHOICE Centre.
- To ensure all referrals are processed promptly upon receipt at the centre, including scanning and registering onto the patient administration system and the CHOICE Centre database
- To monitor waiting list times.
- Booking of patient appointments for services agreed across the Primary and Secondary care Trusts within agreed timescales.
- Provision of telephone support service to patients.
- To search for information and to book appointments within the clinic templates set up on the Wrightington Wigan and Leigh patient administration system (PAS) and SystmOne
- To ensure quality standards are met according to the policies and on the advice of the data quality group.
- To highlight potential delays in the provision of service.
- To ensure that demographic details are checked with every telephone call and that the PAS system is updated accordingly.
- To highlight any clinic where the template is not booked to capacity.
- To undertake monitoring and audit of the service as required by the CHOICE Centre Manager.
- Ensure that guidelines regarding confidentiality, disclosure of information and Data Protection Policies are always observed.
- Complete the Patient Transport Eligibility Criteria and the booking of Patient Transport appointments.
- To advise the CHOICE Centre Manager of training needs and undertake any training initiatives as required.
- Knowledge of medical terminology systems.
- Using the spoken and written word, being sensitive to those who are vulnerable or do not have English as their first language.
- Assisting and developing communication systems with all staff, patients, and relatives to promote understanding.
- Maintaining accurate, timely and legible records
- To influence and prioritise the development of new skills, knowledge, and working practices in self and others.
- To encourage others to seek advice and solutions to problems.
- Communicate in a manner that is consistent with legislation, policies, and procedures.
- Maintain consistency within standards of patient care.
- To hold discussions with relevant managers within the NHS Trusts across Greater Manchester, to highlight any problems that might affect the provision of service
- To develop good working relationships with external services including GPs, community-based health services and secondary care health services.
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