Assistant Administrator

1 month ago


Canterbury, United Kingdom East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Patient Service Centre, based at the Kent & Canterbury Hospital. The successful applicant will be joining a highly motivated and effective team who strive to ensure patient care is at the forefront of our service.

The position requires the applicant to have knowledge of Microsoft Office alongside an ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and written.

The Outpatient Assistant Administrator role is responsible for providing an efficient and streamlined administrative service to patients and customers of East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust. This role involves registering the GP referrals as they come in from the GP, Booking the first appointment with the patient speaking to patients with a positive, friendly, helpful attitude, making the first point of contact an excellent patient experience ready for when they attend for their Hospital Outpatients appointment.

Recording of accurate and timely data is a vital part of this role and will support the delivery of National and Trust targets and also ensure appropriate remuneration of work undertaken in the Outpatient Department. Answering calls in a timely manner whilst remaining professional and supportive to the nature of the call, trying our best to ensure we can answer all patient queries, this could be from cancelling an appointment or rescheduling an appointment.

The post holder will be required to work across many IT systems to complete tasks.

This post will involve working shifts within the hours of Mon - Sun (08.00 - 18:30)

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 695,000 people.

Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: ‘People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’.

We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called ‘We care’. It’s about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We’re looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

NHSEI have always been clear that staff have a professional duty to get vaccinated and it remains our best line of defence against COVID-19. As such NHS organisation including Primary Care, are encouraged to continue engaging with and supporting their staff to inform their decisions in order to drive vaccine confidence, protect themselves, patients, and everyone else. NHSEI has producedCOVID-19 vaccine communication materials.

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