Administration Officer

Berry Lane Medical Centre

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a GP Practice environment providing support to a professional team at Berry Lane Medical Centre.

We are looking for someone with an analytical mind, someone who enjoys paying attention to deal and working at a fast pace in a confidential environment.

This role is an admonistrative one and you will be liaising with patient over the phone, in writing and occasionally in person.

Main duties of the job

This is a support role assisting the admin team with the call and recall of patients in line with the contracts that we have with the NHS. You will be working with the Admin team who are responsible for setting up clinics for the GPs, nurses and other clinical members and ensure that patients are invited and scheduled appointments in line with QOF, IIF, Enhances Services and other contracts associated with General Practice.

You will work with the Practice Medical Secretaries and support the processes associated with the referral of patients into secondary and hospital care.

You will also be fundamental in the administration and completion of tasks that are associated with our work flow procedures. You will take an active role in the processing of work flow documents and the tasks that the work flow team will generate.

Good problem solving skills and an attention to detail are essential. Working with members of the public would be advantage. Knowledge of working in Primary Care would be desirable or an NHS working background.

About us

We are a committed team of 9 GPs and we look after 13,800 patients in Longridge, which is a lovely semi rural town in the heart of the Ribble Valley.

We are a training practice and support medical students, FY2 and ST2 and ST3 doctors. We have a fantastic multi skilled nursing team, a paramedic and First Contact Physiotherapist in addition to an excellent reception and admin team, supporting our services and personnel.

We commend ourselves on our team spirit and ethos and take the wellbeing of our team seriously, having a dedicated wellbeing team. We achieve well above local and national averages in our patient satisfaction surveys and also attain high points in our QOF and local quality markers. We are rated as CQC good.

We have completed a major renovation and have fantastic, modern premises including a gym for staff use.

We offer pay and holidays in line with Agenda for Change pay scales and you will be employed by Drs Griffin, Lakeland, Gee and Miller.

Date posted

13 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£12.31 to £13.13 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A1003-24-0004

Job locations

Berry Lane

Longridge

Preston

Lancashire

PR3 3JJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

  1. Support the Practice team in the effective use of searches, audits and recalls.
  2. Support Practice members in the use of the clinical system the effective use of searches, audits and recalls and to report problems as required.
  3. To support the team to run EMIS and Ardens searches.
  4. To support the secretarial team with the referral functions of the Practice in line with Practice and local referral criteria and to action 2WW and other urgent tasks when necessary
  5. To assist with the completion of tasks that will be produced by other Practice members ensuring accuracy of any task required.
  6. To liaise with the workflow team and to assist with this function
  7. To support with the recall of patients for Chronic Disease Management.
  8. To support with the recall of patients for the IIF and any additional Network LES
  9. To assist with the recall system for cervical smears.
  10. To assist the team with the administration of the childrens immunisation programmes ensuring that children are invited to be vaccinated as appropriate.
  11. To assist in the rollout of any new projects that come online and to assist the team as required.
  12. To work with the Admin team on the reporting systems for other Enhanced Services as required
  13. To assist with the relevant processes associated annual flu programme, COVID recall and any other Public Health immunisation programmes as required
  14. To assist with the monitoring of the Bowel Screening programme and coding appropriately. Sending the relevant follow up correspondence to non-responders to the screening programme.
  15. The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may be subject to change as deemed necessary. You may be asked to undertake additional duties appropriate to the post by the Practice Manager or Partners.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  1. Support the Practice team in the effective use of searches, audits and recalls.
  2. Support Practice members in the use of the clinical system the effective use of searches, audits and recalls and to report problems as required.
  3. To support the team to run EMIS and Ardens searches.
  4. To support the secretarial team with the referral functions of the Practice in line with Practice and local referral criteria and to action 2WW and other urgent tasks when necessary
  5. To assist with the completion of tasks that will be produced by other Practice members ensuring accuracy of any task required.
  6. To liaise with the workflow team and to assist with this function
  7. To support with the recall of patients for Chronic Disease Management.
  8. To support with the recall of patients for the IIF and any additional Network LES
  9. To assist with the recall system for cervical smears.
  10. To assist the team with the administration of the childrens immunisation programmes ensuring that children are invited to be vaccinated as appropriate.
  11. To assist in the rollout of any new projects that come online and to assist the team as required.
  12. To work with the Admin team on the reporting systems for other Enhanced Services as required
  13. To assist with the relevant processes associated annual flu programme, COVID recall and any other Public Health immunisation programmes as required
  14. To assist with the monitoring of the Bowel Screening programme and coding appropriately. Sending the relevant follow up correspondence to non-responders to the screening programme.
  15. The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may be subject to change as deemed necessary. You may be asked to undertake additional duties appropriate to the post by the Practice Manager or Partners.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in an administration environment

Desirable

  • Experience of working in primary care
  • Experience of working in a GP practice

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE Grade A to C in Maths and English

Desirable

  • NVQ level 3
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in an administration environment

Desirable

  • Experience of working in primary care
  • Experience of working in a GP practice

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE Grade A to C in Maths and English

Desirable

  • NVQ level 3

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

Berry Lane Medical Centre

Address

Berry Lane

Longridge

Preston

Lancashire

PR3 3JJ


Employer's website

https://www.berrylanemedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Berry Lane Medical Centre

Address

Berry Lane

Longridge

Preston

Lancashire

PR3 3JJ


Employer's website

https://www.berrylanemedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Director

Mrs Helen Hinchcliffe

helen.hinchcliffe2@nhs.net

01772376777

Date posted

13 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£12.31 to £13.13 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A1003-24-0004

Job locations

Berry Lane

Longridge

Preston

Lancashire

PR3 3JJ


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