Job summary
At Westcroft
Health Centre, We are looking for a friendly, hardworking, patient-centred Care Navigatorto join our wonderful team of 6 doctors
and 3 Nurse Practitioners on a part- Time basis.
We are
a very friendly and supportive training practice, and we take pride in
supporting all of our team to achieve progression if they so wish. If there is something you
are interested in, either now or in the future, we encourage continued professional development.
Main duties of the job
Job Summary
To be responsible for undertaking a wide range of reception duties and the provision of general support to the multidisciplinary team. Duties can include but are not limited to, greeting and directing patients, effective use of the appointment system, booking appointments, processing of information and assisting patients as required. To act as the central point of contact for patients, the distribution of information, messages and enquiries for the clinical team, liaising with multidisciplinary team members and external agencies such as secondary care and community service providers.
About us
Westcroft Health Centre is a partnership offour doctors, who are part of a large multi disciplinary health care team.
The practice population is continually growing, and at present we have roughly 16,200 patients registered. The doctors, practice team and community team work closely together to provide a high quality service that is sensitive to patient needs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Primary Responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the Care Navigator. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
- Maintaining and monitoring the practice appointment system
- Process personal, telephone and e-requests for appointments
- Answer incoming phone calls, transferring calls or dealing with the callers request appropriately
- Signpost patients to the correct service
- Initiating contact with and responding to, requests from patients, team members and external agencies
- Photocopy documentation as required
- Data entry of new and temporary registrations and relevant patient information as required
- Input data into the patients healthcare records as necessary
- Distribute forms to the administrative team
- Manage all queries as necessary in an efficient manner
- Maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area at all time
- General filing and organisation of patient records
- Monitor and maintain the reception area and notice boards
- Support all clinical staff with general tasks as requested
- Dealing with tasks
- Scanning of patient related documentation and attaching scanned documents to patients healthcare records
- Complete opening and closing procedures in accordance with the duty rota
Job description
Job responsibilities
Primary Responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the Care Navigator. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
- Maintaining and monitoring the practice appointment system
- Process personal, telephone and e-requests for appointments
- Answer incoming phone calls, transferring calls or dealing with the callers request appropriately
- Signpost patients to the correct service
- Initiating contact with and responding to, requests from patients, team members and external agencies
- Photocopy documentation as required
- Data entry of new and temporary registrations and relevant patient information as required
- Input data into the patients healthcare records as necessary
- Distribute forms to the administrative team
- Manage all queries as necessary in an efficient manner
- Maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area at all time
- General filing and organisation of patient records
- Monitor and maintain the reception area and notice boards
- Support all clinical staff with general tasks as requested
- Dealing with tasks
- Scanning of patient related documentation and attaching scanned documents to patients healthcare records
- Complete opening and closing procedures in accordance with the duty rota
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with the general public
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to follow policy and procedure
- Polite and confident
- Flexible and cooperative
- Motivated
- Forward thinker
- High levels of integrity and loyalty
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Ability to work under pressure
- Flexibility to work outside of core office hours
- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
Desirable
- Experience of administrative duties
- Experience of working in a health care setting
- Strong IT skills
- Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
- SystmOne experience
- Problem solving & analytical skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with the general public
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to follow policy and procedure
- Polite and confident
- Flexible and cooperative
- Motivated
- Forward thinker
- High levels of integrity and loyalty
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Ability to work under pressure
- Flexibility to work outside of core office hours
- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
Desirable
- Experience of administrative duties
- Experience of working in a health care setting
- Strong IT skills
- Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
- SystmOne experience
- Problem solving & analytical skills
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.