Rota and Access Administrator and Advisor

The Ridge Medical Practice

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a self-motivated individual to join our Rota and Access team. This role will be primarily based at our Great Horton surgery but will require travel to our other sites.

We are a caring and committed team whose aim is to improve the health of our community by delivering high quality patient care, whilst maintaining a fulfilling working environments for all and are dedicated to maintaining our investors in people accreditation.

At the Ridge, we have a well ingrained way of working and strong culture of teamwork to make sure that we deliver the very best care for our patients at all times. This is evident in the way in which everyone works and acts daily and the way we run the practice and make decisions about the services we offer and run now and into the future.

The practice is committed to sustainable working and places high regard to our local and wider environment. We are participating in the Green Impact Scheme and are actively looking at ways to reduce our carbon footprint.

As a disability confident employer, we have a commitment to

  • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive/accessible
  • Communicating/promoting vacancies
  • Offering an interview to disabled people
  • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
  • Supporting existing employees who acquires a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work

Main duties of the job

The primary focus of the role is to provide high quality rota administration support, being a first point of contact for rota queries and working alongside the Care Navigation team to provide advice and support around access management for the practice.

This is a full time position requiring 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday between 08:00 - 16:00.

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About us

What's in it for you?

  • Excellent annual leave entitlement which grows with service (NHS continuous service is recognised).
  • Opportunity to join the NHS pension scheme.
  • Access to employee assistance programme 24/7 365 days a year.
  • NHS staff discounts
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Access to an onsite mental health first aider
  • Onsite gym equipment available for staff use
  • Onsite parking

Date posted

26 January 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A0451-24-0000

Job locations

The Ridge Medical Centre

Cousen Road

Bradford

West Yorkshire

BD7 3JX


Job description

Job responsibilities

To work as part of the Primary Health Care team providing high quality and efficient service.

  • Using Microsoft excel to create weekly rotas for Doctors, Registrars, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Associates.
  • Using Microsoft excel to create weekly room rotas for ALL sites.
  • Adding clinics to SystmOne weekly, monthly, and yearly (preferably 4 weeks in advance).
  • Adding room numbers to templates on SystmOne weekly (including Derm HUB and informing Epilepsy Team of their allocations).
  • E-mail out the Rota weekly to all clinicians on a Friday once all checks have been done, plus print copies to be shared around the practice.
  • Assist Nursing team managers with the Nurses/HCA templates across the year when required.
  • Manage the clinical teams Rotas and Appointments to effectively support the smooth day-to-day operation of the organisation.
  • Actively manage the daily demand during the morning, including managing urgent extras and emergency appointments.
  • Assigning Home visits to all relevant clinicians at the end of morning surgery.
  • Balance the demand between surgeries and also facilitating equitable team work support between the clinicians.
  • Upkeep of access procedures and protocols and navigation tools for Care Navigation team.
  • Using Microsoft excel to record data for comparison and analysis.
  • Dealing with annual leave requests while taking into account rota needs, site cover etc.
  • Dealing with Absences for clinical staff and assist with moving the Rota around to make sure everything is covered.
  • Reporting absences for PCN Paramedics.
  • Dealing with absences for medical students and assist with cancelling their timetables and what they were due to do.
  • Creating timetables for students from Leeds University and Bradford University.
  • Inductions with ALL students.
  • Print Induction packs out ready for students.
  • Contacting patients to organise teaching sessions with students.
  • Organising teaching for students with other medical practices.
  • Liaising with different universities on placements for students.
  • Chase feedback for student end of placement meetings.
  • Creating Induction Timetables for ALL new GPR trainees (usually intakes are mainly February and August) and make sure everything is set up ready for them.
  • E-mail trainee absences to Post Grad Teams Bradford (Weekly) and Calderdale (Monthly).
  • Action Locum/Payment fees and make sure Finance Team have these in time for being paid at the end of the month.
  • Action/create excel document ready for Finance Team each Academic Year so they know they are claiming/have claimed for correct amount of students.
  • Actioning a vast number of emails daily.
  • Dealing with queries, requests from staff.
  • Unlocking Smartcards for Medical Students.
  • Any other duties within the team as and when required following suitable training.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work as part of the Primary Health Care team providing high quality and efficient service.

  • Using Microsoft excel to create weekly rotas for Doctors, Registrars, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Associates.
  • Using Microsoft excel to create weekly room rotas for ALL sites.
  • Adding clinics to SystmOne weekly, monthly, and yearly (preferably 4 weeks in advance).
  • Adding room numbers to templates on SystmOne weekly (including Derm HUB and informing Epilepsy Team of their allocations).
  • E-mail out the Rota weekly to all clinicians on a Friday once all checks have been done, plus print copies to be shared around the practice.
  • Assist Nursing team managers with the Nurses/HCA templates across the year when required.
  • Manage the clinical teams Rotas and Appointments to effectively support the smooth day-to-day operation of the organisation.
  • Actively manage the daily demand during the morning, including managing urgent extras and emergency appointments.
  • Assigning Home visits to all relevant clinicians at the end of morning surgery.
  • Balance the demand between surgeries and also facilitating equitable team work support between the clinicians.
  • Upkeep of access procedures and protocols and navigation tools for Care Navigation team.
  • Using Microsoft excel to record data for comparison and analysis.
  • Dealing with annual leave requests while taking into account rota needs, site cover etc.
  • Dealing with Absences for clinical staff and assist with moving the Rota around to make sure everything is covered.
  • Reporting absences for PCN Paramedics.
  • Dealing with absences for medical students and assist with cancelling their timetables and what they were due to do.
  • Creating timetables for students from Leeds University and Bradford University.
  • Inductions with ALL students.
  • Print Induction packs out ready for students.
  • Contacting patients to organise teaching sessions with students.
  • Organising teaching for students with other medical practices.
  • Liaising with different universities on placements for students.
  • Chase feedback for student end of placement meetings.
  • Creating Induction Timetables for ALL new GPR trainees (usually intakes are mainly February and August) and make sure everything is set up ready for them.
  • E-mail trainee absences to Post Grad Teams Bradford (Weekly) and Calderdale (Monthly).
  • Action Locum/Payment fees and make sure Finance Team have these in time for being paid at the end of the month.
  • Action/create excel document ready for Finance Team each Academic Year so they know they are claiming/have claimed for correct amount of students.
  • Actioning a vast number of emails daily.
  • Dealing with queries, requests from staff.
  • Unlocking Smartcards for Medical Students.
  • Any other duties within the team as and when required following suitable training.

Person Specification

Personal attributes

Essential

  • Friendly
  • Open
  • Caring
  • Innovative
  • For the team

Disposition

Essential

  • Positive attitude
  • Reliable

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of using Microsoft packages - Outlook, Excel, Word etc.

Desirable

  • Experience of using SystmOne clinical software.

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSEs at grade 9-4 in English Language and Mathematics (or equivalent).

Aptitude, skills and abilities

Essential

  • Ability to multitask
  • Good organisation skills/ability to manage time effectively
  • Attention to detail
  • Good communication skills both written and verbal
  • Strong computer skills
  • Ability to build rapport swiftly
  • Ability to work in a team
  • Self-motivated
Person Specification

Personal attributes

Essential

  • Friendly
  • Open
  • Caring
  • Innovative
  • For the team

Disposition

Essential

  • Positive attitude
  • Reliable

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of using Microsoft packages - Outlook, Excel, Word etc.

Desirable

  • Experience of using SystmOne clinical software.

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSEs at grade 9-4 in English Language and Mathematics (or equivalent).

Aptitude, skills and abilities

Essential

  • Ability to multitask
  • Good organisation skills/ability to manage time effectively
  • Attention to detail
  • Good communication skills both written and verbal
  • Strong computer skills
  • Ability to build rapport swiftly
  • Ability to work in a team
  • Self-motivated

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

The Ridge Medical Practice

Address

The Ridge Medical Centre

Cousen Road

Bradford

West Yorkshire

BD7 3JX


Employer's website

http://www.theridgemedicalpractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

The Ridge Medical Practice

Address

The Ridge Medical Centre

Cousen Road

Bradford

West Yorkshire

BD7 3JX


Employer's website

http://www.theridgemedicalpractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Manager

Liz Brook

elizabeth.brook@bradford.nhs.uk

01274425625

Date posted

26 January 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A0451-24-0000

Job locations

The Ridge Medical Centre

Cousen Road

Bradford

West Yorkshire

BD7 3JX


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