Patient Services Administrator

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be responsible for undertaking a wide range of secretarial and administrative duties and the provision of administrative support to the multidisciplinary team.

Duties can include, but are not limited to, the processing of information (electronic and hard copy) in a timely manner, liaising with multidisciplinary team members and external agencies such as secondary care and community service providers in accordance with current policies.

Generic Responsibilities

All staff at Filey Surgery have a duty to conform to the following, further information can be found in the attached job description:

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• Safety, Health, Environment and Fire (SHELF)
• Confidentiality
• Quality and Continuous Improvement
• Learning and Development
• Collaborative Working
• Managing Information
• Service Delivery
• Security
• Professional Conduct

Primary Key Responsibilities

Incoming Correspondence:

• Process incoming and outgoing mail
• Action all incoming emails and mail in a timely manner
• Scanning of patient related documentation and attaching scanned documents to patients healthcare records.
• Allocation of electronic letters to appropriate clinician/department (bearing in mind absences from the practice due to working days, holidays and sickness), via SystemOne workflow. Managing this correspondence with coding and completion where appropriate.
• Communicating with secondary care and external agencies for patient related queries
• Input data into the patients healthcare records as necessary
• Processing requests for information i.e., SAR, insurance/solicitors letters and DVLA forms

Coding & Actions on documents:

• Identifying relevant clinical information documented in patient correspondence
• Coding documents appropriately
• Completing any detailed actions on documents
• Clinically coding data on SystmOne
• Assisting with the onward management and administration of actions added by clinicians and other staff members.

Producing Reports:

• Collating information, managing reports and records with regards to Safeguarding and attending meetings

Electronic Results:

• Allocation of electronic results received to appropriate clinician (bearing in mind absences from the practice due to working days, holidays and sickness), via SystmOne workflow.
• Taking appropriate action on electronic results.
• Informing patients and taking phone calls regarding test results

Appointments:

Making patients appointments as requested for:

• On the day (urgent) appointments (after requests have been triaged)
• Flu/Covid Clinics
• Follow-up appointments from actions on letters & results

Other administrative duties:

• Carrying out system searches as requested
• Summarising of patient notes for online registrations
• Answer incoming phone calls, transferring calls or dealing with the callers request appropriately
• Following procedure for any deaths and referring to the Medical Examiners
• Liaising with bereaved relatives, undertakers and secondary care regarding deaths and appropriate paperwork
• Maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area at all times
• File and store records as required
• Photocopy documentation as required
• Support all clinical staff with general administrative tasks as requested
• Process incoming and outgoing mail
• Managing stationery levels
• Manage petty cash used for incidental expenses
• Produce and record invoices for private work and ensure records are completed when payment received
• Managing all enquiries in an effective manner

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent.
• Qualification or competent in the use of Microsoft Office and Outlook

Desirable

• GCSE Mathematics and English at Grade C or above.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with the general public
• Experience of establishing effective office administrative systems
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills
• Experience and ability to follow policy and procedure

Desirable

• Experience of working in a health care setting
• SystmOne user skills
• Excellent IT skills

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Polite and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Ability to work under pressure

Desirable

• Forward thinker

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

Filey Surgery

Address

Filey Surgery

Station Avenue

Filey

North Yorkshire

YO14 9AE

Employer's website

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