GP Receptionist

Dr Shah & Partners

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Job summary

Seeking a person that is excellent in Customer Service skills, has patience and can cope with a busy working environment, multi tasking and can handle what can sometimes be a stressful working day. All this with the ability to be computer literate in order to be able to find your way around a patient database.

If you can meet the above requirements then you are the person we are looking for.

The shift patterns are between 8 am and 6.30 pm and you must be available for the shared rota in these surgery open hours.

As a successful and QOF achieving practice, we pride ourselves in patient care and how we give the best service to our patients. We need staff that are wanting to give a service that they would expect to receive themselves.

The purpose of the Receptionist is to ensure that matters concerning the care of patients, either on the premises or via the telephone are dealt with.

Main duties of the job

  • creating prescriptions
  • Dealing with requests for visits, handling general enquiries
  • Registering new patients
  • Making appointments.
  • Dealing with queries from patients and other agencies.
  • Ordering ambulances, both routine and emergency.
  • Taking messages, recording details accurately
  • Enter patient data onto computer
  • Dealing with problems and queries from doctors
  • Tasks/workflow
  • Receive payment for private medical services from patients, issue receipt and record details for practice manager.
  • Cover holiday and sickness duties where necessary.
  • Ensure total confidentially
  • Data input letters (coding) / scanning
  • Summarising
  • GP2GP/deductions

About us

As a dedicated team, provide a high quality of care to all patients ensuring that their needs are met, safe and proactively monitor patient demand.

Our list size in just under 7000.

We have 10 administrative staff, 2 GP Partners, 4 GP's, 2 trainee GPs, 2 ANP, 2 nurses and 1 HCSW.

We are also part of South West PCN having access to many skilled ARRs staff.

Date posted

23 October 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A4528-23-0000

Job locations

Hanford Health Centre

New Inn Lane

Hanford, Stoke On Trent

ST4 8EX


Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION

General Receptionist/Administrator

Accountable to: Practice Manager

Reports to: Office Supervisor

The purpose of the Receptionist is to ensure that matters concerning the non medical care of patients, either on the premises or via the telephone are dealt with.

Main Responsibilities:

Reception Duties

  • Greeting and directing patients and other visitors in a timely manner.
  • Making appointments and giving out appointment cards.
  • Accepting, creating and handing out prescriptions, letters completed forms specimen bottles etc.
  • Dealing with and recording accurately requests for visits, handling general enquiries
  • Registering new patients, temporary residents, emergency patients and those requiring immediate treatment.

Telephone duties

  • Making appointments.
  • Answer telephone in a timely manner
  • Dealing with requests for visits and recording them accurately
  • Dealing with requests for repeat prescriptions.
  • Dealing with queries from patients and other agencies.
  • Telephoning patients, hospitals, clinics, etc. for test results and to make appointments.
  • Ordering ambulances, both routine and emergency.
  • Taking messages and ensuring they get passed on to the appropriate person.

Information Technology

  • Enter patient data onto computer

General Duties

  • Opening mail (including courier and Health Authority) if necessary.
  • Dealing with problems and queries from doctors, other staff, attached staff and other areas and record accurately if necessary.
  • Tasks/workflow
  • Filing of medical records, letters and test results
  • Receive payment for private medical services from patients, issue receipt and record details for practice manager.

  • Ensure mail is posted daily

  • Cover holiday and sickness duties where necessary.
  • Ensure total confidentially in that no information about patients, either medical or personal, is disclosed to persons other than those employed by or attached to the practice for whom such information is relevant.
  • Act as chaperone as and when necessary.
  • Attend essential training sessions, appraisals and practice meetings.
  • Opening premises in the morning or securing them at night.
  • Ensure waiting areas are neat and tidy.
  • Other admin duties as agreed with the doctor or practice manager OR office supervisor as deemed necessary for example: QOF/Qif workflow

Additional duties that may be required to be undertaken once trained:

  • Data input letters (coding) / scanning
  • Summarising
  • GP2GP/deductions

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION

General Receptionist/Administrator

Accountable to: Practice Manager

Reports to: Office Supervisor

The purpose of the Receptionist is to ensure that matters concerning the non medical care of patients, either on the premises or via the telephone are dealt with.

Main Responsibilities:

Reception Duties

  • Greeting and directing patients and other visitors in a timely manner.
  • Making appointments and giving out appointment cards.
  • Accepting, creating and handing out prescriptions, letters completed forms specimen bottles etc.
  • Dealing with and recording accurately requests for visits, handling general enquiries
  • Registering new patients, temporary residents, emergency patients and those requiring immediate treatment.

Telephone duties

  • Making appointments.
  • Answer telephone in a timely manner
  • Dealing with requests for visits and recording them accurately
  • Dealing with requests for repeat prescriptions.
  • Dealing with queries from patients and other agencies.
  • Telephoning patients, hospitals, clinics, etc. for test results and to make appointments.
  • Ordering ambulances, both routine and emergency.
  • Taking messages and ensuring they get passed on to the appropriate person.

Information Technology

  • Enter patient data onto computer

General Duties

  • Opening mail (including courier and Health Authority) if necessary.
  • Dealing with problems and queries from doctors, other staff, attached staff and other areas and record accurately if necessary.
  • Tasks/workflow
  • Filing of medical records, letters and test results
  • Receive payment for private medical services from patients, issue receipt and record details for practice manager.

  • Ensure mail is posted daily

  • Cover holiday and sickness duties where necessary.
  • Ensure total confidentially in that no information about patients, either medical or personal, is disclosed to persons other than those employed by or attached to the practice for whom such information is relevant.
  • Act as chaperone as and when necessary.
  • Attend essential training sessions, appraisals and practice meetings.
  • Opening premises in the morning or securing them at night.
  • Ensure waiting areas are neat and tidy.
  • Other admin duties as agreed with the doctor or practice manager OR office supervisor as deemed necessary for example: QOF/Qif workflow

Additional duties that may be required to be undertaken once trained:

  • Data input letters (coding) / scanning
  • Summarising
  • GP2GP/deductions

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Customer service background and Reception role is essential
  • English - pass level

Desirable

  • EMIS trained
  • GP Receptionist previously in employment history
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Customer service background and Reception role is essential
  • English - pass level

Desirable

  • EMIS trained
  • GP Receptionist previously in employment history

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Dr Shah & Partners

Address

Hanford Health Centre

New Inn Lane

Hanford, Stoke On Trent

ST4 8EX


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Dr Shah & Partners

Address

Hanford Health Centre

New Inn Lane

Hanford, Stoke On Trent

ST4 8EX


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Supervisor

Julynn

julynn.kondratiuk@stoke.nhs.uk

03001231468

Date posted

23 October 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A4528-23-0000

Job locations

Hanford Health Centre

New Inn Lane

Hanford, Stoke On Trent

ST4 8EX


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