Satellite Unit Administrator

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to co-ordinate the daily attendance of patients to the Oldham Kidney Care Centre, providing administrative support to the dialysis team, as well as a wide range of clerical duties. This includes the management of resources, stock, invoices, shift recording, information management and patient enquiries.

This is a 20 hours part time role over Monday, Wednesday & Thursday (hours to be discussed).

Main duties of the job

• Provide general non-clinical advice, information and guidance of ancillary services directly to patients, clients, relatives and carers.
• Liaise with secretaries and other healthcare professionals regarding patient referrals and investigations.
• To obtain and sort results / investigations relevant to anaemia management and transplant work-up and input into appropriate databases.
• To co-ordinate the administrative support for the unit, to support patient care.
• Responsible for the provision of holiday dialysis for unit patients both at home and abroad.
• Dialysis absence recording using the trusts Datix system.
• Recording outcomes on Patient Centre / PAS
• Live admission, discharge and transfer (if appropriate) for all daily dialysis patients and all ward attendees
• To work collaboratively with the service management team and the Unit Manager to identify and deliver directorate CIP.
• Responsibility for handling cheques donated by patients to the renal endowment fund.
• Responsible for the purchase of equipment for patients and renal unit staff (e.g. dictation machines, furniture, PC's etc).
• Responsible for stock control and stationery including ordering new supplies. Responsible for stock control for dialysis consumables, fluids and ordering of new supplies.
• Reimbursement / recovery of costs for faulty stock, patient utility bills and inpatient stays for existing dialysis patients.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.