Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

IRIS Coordinator

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a IRIS Co Ordinator to join the Team at Frimley Park Hospital.

The post holder requires excellent organisational and communication skills, working in partnership with professional staff in other agencies and service providers.

Needs to be highly proficient in IT skills, including, Word, Excel and has experience of working with EPIC and to have the ability to work independently, flexibly, be adaptable to change and also work as part of the wider multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

Day to Day Co Ordination of the IRIS office at Frimley Park Hospital

Partnership working with health and social care partners both within the acute hospital and community settings, particularly in relation to patient discharges

Triaging referrals

Administrative duties, including meetings, email and diary management

Data Entry

Work as part of a rota covering 8am -6pm 7 days a week

About us

There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected trusts

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.

If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health.

Date posted

12 June 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,405 to £28,976 a year per annum pro rata inc. HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

151-SL0278

Job locations

Frimley

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

To facilitate the most appropriate discharge pathway for patients leaving hospital

To support cross organisation working and information sharing

To act as a single point of access to community services for patients who have been admitted and/or are needing support on discharge

To share information and signpost people to the most appropriate service

To co-ordinate the day to day running of IRIS at Frimley Park Hospital

To facilitate appropriate information sharing in relation to supporting patient discharges

To triage referrals received in IRIS, forwarding them to the correct service for the patients discharge

To use the EPIC system to track patients and pull reports

Job description

Job responsibilities

To facilitate the most appropriate discharge pathway for patients leaving hospital

To support cross organisation working and information sharing

To act as a single point of access to community services for patients who have been admitted and/or are needing support on discharge

To share information and signpost people to the most appropriate service

To co-ordinate the day to day running of IRIS at Frimley Park Hospital

To facilitate appropriate information sharing in relation to supporting patient discharges

To triage referrals received in IRIS, forwarding them to the correct service for the patients discharge

To use the EPIC system to track patients and pull reports

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 in administration or equivalent
GCSE/equivalent Maths and English (grade 5-9/B TEC)

Desirable

NVQ level 3 in health and social care or equivalent
Medical Terminology qualification
Medical Terminology qualification

Experience

Essential

Administrative experience in a healthcare setting
Experience and knowledge of working within both health and social care
Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Experience of attending and contributing to professional meetings

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 in administration or equivalent
GCSE/equivalent Maths and English (grade 5-9/B TEC)

Desirable

NVQ level 3 in health and social care or equivalent
Medical Terminology qualification
Medical Terminology qualification

Experience

Essential

Administrative experience in a healthcare setting
Experience and knowledge of working within both health and social care
Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Experience of attending and contributing to professional meetings

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

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ

Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ

Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)