Grove Park Terrace Surgery

Administration Assistant

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Job summary

The Administrative Assistant is part of a multi-disciplinary team within primary care and requires excellent communication, organisational, and computer skills. They also need to have an understanding of confidentiality, data protection. The role will support the Practice Manager, GPs and Reception staff to ensure the smooth running of a small but busy GP surgery in West London

Main duties of the job

The Administration Assistant will be responsible for

  • Dealing with incoming electronic letters
  • Processing patient registrations/deductions
  • Ensure sufficient equipment, stationery and consumables are available
  • Processing insurance claims
  • All aspects of card machine administration

  • Training for staff in SystmOne

The Adminstration Assistant will support the Practice Manager

  • Organising staff meetings
  • IT hardware and software issues
  • Staff training
  • Overseeing reception area
  • Ensuring health and safety procedures and protocols are adhered to.

About us

Grove Park Terrace Surgery is a small, busy GP surgery in Chiswick. We are a training practice and lead in several areas for the PCN.

Details

Date posted

28 September 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£14 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A5455-23-0001

Job locations

25 Grove Park Terrace

London

W4 3JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Adminstration Assistant

An enhanced administrative role encompassing all the core components of a practice administrator that has expanded to include managerial and operational responsibility for a range of supplementary tasks outside of the accepted administrative remit.

Admin core responsibities

Electronic letters

processing and forwarding to doctors (PCN pharmacists where possible)

Tasks

managing all miscellaneous, admin, referrals discharge notices, online requests from patients such as amending their access rights

Processing Incoming diabetes referrals and booking appts

Accepted referrals

Ended referrals

Electronic Correspondence

Actioning directives from PCN pharmacists

Links

processing all links - amendments, deductions, registration confirmations, contacting patients who have been deducted for no apparent reason, contacting patients who have been given P69 classification

Appointment messaging

creating message templates

updating messaging templates in Sys 1 and also on patient facing side of Systm 1

Managing letters folders

monitoring and disposing of letters more than 3 months old

contacting patients who have not collected their letter

Notice boards

keeping messaging up to date on notice boards in waiting room and behind reception

Managing stationery stocks

Creating procedures to improve daily operations such as :

banking record

registration log

inward referral forms

templates in Docs folder on shared drive

Insurance claims

creating invoices, managing payments and sending reports out by special delivery to Insurance companies

Patient Record request fulfillment

logging all requests for patients records from claims companies, exporting the record from Sys 1 and sending out by post/email

Managing Street exemption scheme for car users

communicating with Hounslow Street Schemes for new car registrations

Managing patient issues with their online access

Ordering free PPE -

monitoring apron, glove and mask stocks and ordering online as needed

PCSE

ordering record bags

requesting labels for patients who are no longer with the surgery

new registration form pads

prescription forms

communicating with them over rejected registrations

Managing registrations

specifically monitoring patients that dont get fully registered and following up with PCSE

filing of forms

Door signage

creating and updating where necessary

Managing of Reception

Providing leadership and guidance for all reception staff including:

Overseeing reception activity and systems

Resolving Systm 1access issues for staff

Call board

solving connection issues

communicating with Envisage to give remote access

Soundreef

connecting to speaker issues

logging in to music

managing the Soundreef account

Scanning -

dealing with all scanning issues (regular basis)

Deductions

overseeing 2 staff, who now do this between, them answering all their queries over individual patients, locating notes and documenting

Supporting all staff with their online logins to and use of services :

Patches

E learning

Accurx

Card machine

managing all aspects of the operation and connection issues

ordering refill rolls

Pc hardware connection issues

evaluating problems and restoring function

managing printer properties on all printers - selection of trays, etc;

Training staff on all practice processes including

tasks

letter management

receipts process

filing of registration forms

patient registration log

filing

Installation of new software within the practice - Econsult, Push doctor, Accurx, Patchs, Erica Study

Job description

Job responsibilities

Adminstration Assistant

An enhanced administrative role encompassing all the core components of a practice administrator that has expanded to include managerial and operational responsibility for a range of supplementary tasks outside of the accepted administrative remit.

Admin core responsibities

Electronic letters

processing and forwarding to doctors (PCN pharmacists where possible)

Tasks

managing all miscellaneous, admin, referrals discharge notices, online requests from patients such as amending their access rights

Processing Incoming diabetes referrals and booking appts

Accepted referrals

Ended referrals

Electronic Correspondence

Actioning directives from PCN pharmacists

Links

processing all links - amendments, deductions, registration confirmations, contacting patients who have been deducted for no apparent reason, contacting patients who have been given P69 classification

Appointment messaging

creating message templates

updating messaging templates in Sys 1 and also on patient facing side of Systm 1

Managing letters folders

monitoring and disposing of letters more than 3 months old

contacting patients who have not collected their letter

Notice boards

keeping messaging up to date on notice boards in waiting room and behind reception

Managing stationery stocks

Creating procedures to improve daily operations such as :

banking record

registration log

inward referral forms

templates in Docs folder on shared drive

Insurance claims

creating invoices, managing payments and sending reports out by special delivery to Insurance companies

Patient Record request fulfillment

logging all requests for patients records from claims companies, exporting the record from Sys 1 and sending out by post/email

Managing Street exemption scheme for car users

communicating with Hounslow Street Schemes for new car registrations

Managing patient issues with their online access

Ordering free PPE -

monitoring apron, glove and mask stocks and ordering online as needed

PCSE

ordering record bags

requesting labels for patients who are no longer with the surgery

new registration form pads

prescription forms

communicating with them over rejected registrations

Managing registrations

specifically monitoring patients that dont get fully registered and following up with PCSE

filing of forms

Door signage

creating and updating where necessary

Managing of Reception

Providing leadership and guidance for all reception staff including:

Overseeing reception activity and systems

Resolving Systm 1access issues for staff

Call board

solving connection issues

communicating with Envisage to give remote access

Soundreef

connecting to speaker issues

logging in to music

managing the Soundreef account

Scanning -

dealing with all scanning issues (regular basis)

Deductions

overseeing 2 staff, who now do this between, them answering all their queries over individual patients, locating notes and documenting

Supporting all staff with their online logins to and use of services :

Patches

E learning

Accurx

Card machine

managing all aspects of the operation and connection issues

ordering refill rolls

Pc hardware connection issues

evaluating problems and restoring function

managing printer properties on all printers - selection of trays, etc;

Training staff on all practice processes including

tasks

letter management

receipts process

filing of registration forms

patient registration log

filing

Installation of new software within the practice - Econsult, Push doctor, Accurx, Patchs, Erica Study

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Preferably educated to 'A' Level standard or with experience equivalence.
  • Experience with SystmOne
  • Good knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Outlook and One Drive

Desirable

  • Knowledge of Accurx and Patchs desirable

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality.
  • An ability to use your own judgement, common sense & resourcefulness to respond to patient enquiries and requests.
  • Ability to work without direct supervision and determine workload priorities.
  • A high standard of punctuality, neatness & professionalism.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Preferably educated to 'A' Level standard or with experience equivalence.
  • Experience with SystmOne
  • Good knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Outlook and One Drive

Desirable

  • Knowledge of Accurx and Patchs desirable

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality.
  • An ability to use your own judgement, common sense & resourcefulness to respond to patient enquiries and requests.
  • Ability to work without direct supervision and determine workload priorities.
  • A high standard of punctuality, neatness & professionalism.

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

Grove Park Terrace Surgery

Address

25 Grove Park Terrace

London

W4 3JL


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Grove Park Terrace Surgery

Address

25 Grove Park Terrace

London

W4 3JL


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Manager

Cat Armour

cat.armour@nhs.net

02086301680

Details

Date posted

28 September 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£14 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A5455-23-0001

Job locations

25 Grove Park Terrace

London

W4 3JL


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