Job summary
- Candidate must be flexible between the hours of 8am-6.30pm
- Monday - Friday
This is an excellent opportunity for an individual who is dynamic with the initiative to contribute towards an efficient and welcoming service for our patients. We are seeking a highly motivated, energetic, and enthusiastic team member with excellent communication skills. Your ability to be proactive and experience of working in a customer care and administrative environment will deliver constantly improving levels of service. As a Patient Services Advisor, when dealing with the public, you must be empathetic, confidentiality is integral to this role; with initiative to work effectively alone and efficiently as part of a team in a very busy environment.
Main duties of the job
Patient service advisor will be dealing with patient queries, booking appointments, dealing with patient records in a busy GP practice.
About us
South Leicestershire Medical Group is a dynamic, progressive, and supportive place to work and are proud of our clinical care and innovation. We currently have a diverse clinical team supported by a progressive administrative structure, caring for a total of 25,000 patients over six sites in the South of Leicestershire, covering Market Harborough, Fleckney and Great Glen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities include:
- Ensure an effective and efficient reception service is provided to patients and any other visitors to the practice
- Deal with all general enquiries, explain procedures and make new and follow-up appointments.
- Using your own judgment and communication skills, ensure that patients with no prior appointment but who need urgent consultation are seen in a logical and non-disruptive manner.
- Explain practice arrangements and formal requirements to new patients and those seeking temporary cover, and ensure procedures are completed.
- Receive and make telephone calls as required. Divert calls and take messages, ensuring accuracy of detail and prompt appropriate delivery.
- Enter requests for home visits into the visit book, ensuring to carefully record all relevant details and referring to duty doctor where necessary.
- Action repeat prescription requests and ensure that they are ready for collection by the patient within 48 hours, either on the computer or manually.
- Prepare lists and notes for all surgeries and clinics held, ensuring completion of all associated paperwork.
- Advise patients of relevant charges for private (non-General Medical Services) services, accept payment and issue receipts for same.
- Enter patient information on to the computer as required.
- Patient notes and correspondence
- Ensure that all new patients are registered onto the computer system promptly and accurately.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities include:
- Ensure an effective and efficient reception service is provided to patients and any other visitors to the practice
- Deal with all general enquiries, explain procedures and make new and follow-up appointments.
- Using your own judgment and communication skills, ensure that patients with no prior appointment but who need urgent consultation are seen in a logical and non-disruptive manner.
- Explain practice arrangements and formal requirements to new patients and those seeking temporary cover, and ensure procedures are completed.
- Receive and make telephone calls as required. Divert calls and take messages, ensuring accuracy of detail and prompt appropriate delivery.
- Enter requests for home visits into the visit book, ensuring to carefully record all relevant details and referring to duty doctor where necessary.
- Action repeat prescription requests and ensure that they are ready for collection by the patient within 48 hours, either on the computer or manually.
- Prepare lists and notes for all surgeries and clinics held, ensuring completion of all associated paperwork.
- Advise patients of relevant charges for private (non-General Medical Services) services, accept payment and issue receipts for same.
- Enter patient information on to the computer as required.
- Patient notes and correspondence
- Ensure that all new patients are registered onto the computer system promptly and accurately.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a busy, environment with patient services pressures. Ideally, in a GP practice.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a busy, environment with patient services pressures. Ideally, in a GP practice.
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.
