Receptionist -Sexual Health and HIV Service

Job summary

Are you looking for a new challenge? We are looking for a Receptionist to join our Sexual Health and HIV Service!

In this busy role, you will work as part of a team to provide a comprehensive administrative support to the service. You will cover our reception desk, greeting patients, booking appointments and dealing with telephone queries. You will use a range of IT software including Inform Electronic Patient Record System.

There is a requirement as to provide reception cover for annual leave and sickness in all Sexual Health Clinics across the South, North and IOW.

All duties will be carried out within the Trust's Information Governance, recording, and data sharing procedures and guidance

If this sounds like the role for you, then please apply today!

Main duties of the job

To be the first point of contact for patients when attending the clinic. Deal with general enquiries, book appointments as required following standard operating procedures.

Use and populate the electronic record system (Inform) for clinical records or other service systems with accurate information

Follow agreed processes for dealing with emails on Outlook and nhs.net daily prioritising both urgency and importance, taking responsibility for signposting or dealing with queries

Faxing, photocopying, scanning and electronic filing accurately and securely

Populate systems and databases required for service delivery

Gather information from systems/records for statistical collation including DNA reports

Liaising by telephone or in person with patients, colleagues and other healthcare professionals in a positive, friendly, calm and sympathetic manner, using good judgement to identify requirements in order to pass on information correctly or take appropriate action.

Process incoming and outgoing mail, telephone, or written messages, distributing appropriately and in a timely manner, taking responsibility for signposting or dealing with queries regarding issues arising.

Deal with incoming results via post, scan on to the electronic patient record system and distribute accordingly

Collate patient surveys and record and distribute accordingly

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Crown Heights

Crown Heights, Unit 4

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG21 7TY

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Crown Heights

Crown Heights, Unit 4

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG21 7TY

Employer's website

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

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