Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB
TITLE: RECEPTIONIST
REPORTS TO: Reception Manager/Practice
Manager
HOURS: XX hours per week
Job summary:
Receive, assist
and direct patients in accessing the appropriate service or healthcare
professional in a courteous, efficient and effective way.
Provide general
assistance to the practice team and project a positive and friendly image to
patients and other visitors, both in person and via the telephone.
Job responsibilities:
Administration
- To have a thorough knowledge of all practice procedures
- To work in accordance of written protocols
- Fax and photocopy as requested
Reception
- Receiving patients, consulting with members of practice team
- Handing letters/reports/results to patient and checking names and
address.
- Be able to cover all reception position as necessary
Appointments
- Process appointment requests for today/future appointments from
patients by telephone and in person.
- Deal with visits/requests
Computer
- Registrations of new patients computer data entry and medical
records
- Process patients changes of address computer data and medical
records (have knowledge of practice area)
- Process repeat prescription requests in accordance with practice
guidelines
Telephone
- Have working knowledge of telephone/bleep system, during and after
hours
- Clear rooms after surgeries
- Ensure building security have thorough knowledge of
doors/windows/alarm
- Any other tasks allocated by managers
Confidentiality:
- In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or
allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and
other matters. They do so in
confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their
privacy and act appropriately
- In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description,
the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to
patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare
workers. They may also have access to
information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All
such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly
confidential
- Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other
healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to
authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures
relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive
data
Health & safety:
The post-holder will assist in promoting and
maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the
practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual,
and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will
include:
- Using personal security systems within the workplace according to
practice guidelines
- Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking
such activities in a way that manages those risks
- Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
- Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work
areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
- Actively reporting of health and safety hazards and infection
hazards immediately when recognised
- Keeping own work areas and general/patient areas generally clean,
assisting in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness
consistent with the scope of the job holders role
- Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually)
- Reporting potential risks identified
Equality and diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality,
diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
- Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights,
interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and
policies, and current legislation
- Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients,
carers and colleagues
- Behaving in a manner that is welcoming to and of the individual,
is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities
and rights.
Personal/professional
development:
The post-holder will participate in any training
programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such
training to include:
- Participation in an annual individual performance review,
including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal
and/or professional development
- Taking responsibility for own development, learning and
performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are
undertaking similar work
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality
within the practice, and will:
- Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
- Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions,
either directly or under supervision
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own
and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance
the teams performance
- Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet
patients needs
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
Communication:
The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective
communication within the team and will strive to:
- Communicate effectively with other team members
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers
- Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication
and respond accordingly
Contribution to
the implementation of services:
The post-holder will:
- Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
- Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards
and guidelines will affect own work
- Participate in audit where appropriate
