Job responsibilities
Job Summary
The employer for this post is Upwell Health Centre.
It is a full-time post that offers and requires some flexibility in days and hours worked.
This role will oversee and develop our reception and administration department. As with a lot of GP surgeries this department is very busy and has multiple duties above and beyond patient communication and booking of appointments.
We are looking for a capable and resilient person who can ensure that the roles and duties of the department are carried our efficiently and safely whilst looking after and developing the department team.
Primary Care is a demanding and changeable environment. The successful candidate will liaise frequently with other staff members and the senior GPs in order to evolve and develop how we provide care on an on-going basis. The ability to manage change for staff and our patients are essential requirements for this post.
Part of the role is reviewing work processes and systems to ensure that staff are performing and that our processes are efficient as possible.
This is a hands-on role and you will be expected to work as part of the team carrying out day to day duties whilst maintaining a professional distance. Innovation to find efficient, safer, cost effective ways of working is essential.
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Duties
The following list is not exhaustive:
Promote and develop staff well-being.
Ensure that staff are managed to provide the correct cover at the right times.
Ensure that all administration requirements are completed.
Support your team with difficult situations and complaints.
Manage and perform appraisal for your team with the practice HR lead.
Support health and safety within the team.
Proactively develop and train staff.
Proactively look for and implement better methods of working (process mapping for example).
Ensure that we are minimizing costs and any income opportunities are not being missed.
Devise and implement methods of obtaining feedback from patients with a view to improving our service and care.
Answer calls from patients and process them accordingly.
Attend the reception desk when needed.
Scanning and coding of documents
Be willing to innovate and suggest/implement solutions.
Manage patient complaints in the first instance and take corrective action if necessary.
Maintain confidentiality and adhere to all practice protocols in all areas.
Amend, review and create reception and administration protocols and procedures.
Maintain and control the clinical system appointment rotas.
General Duties which apply to all roles at Upwell Health Centre
Communication
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will:
Communicate effectively with patients, carers and other external organisations,
Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
Contribution to the Implementation of Services
The post-holder will:
Apply practice policies, standards and guidance.
Assist in the development and implementation of new policies and working practices.
Confidentiality, GDPR and Data Protection
In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder will have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to both the Practice and Pharmacy as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults
All staff employed or contracted by the practice, or volunteering in the practice have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
The welfare of the child / vulnerable adult is paramount
All work with children and families will be conducted in an open and transparent way.
The views, wishes and feeling of the child will be listened to and considered.
Professional standards apply regardless of culture, disability, gender, age, language, racial origin, religion, and/ or sexual identity.
Equality and diversity
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation.
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
