Job overview
To support clinical services in providing efficient administration resources to safely manage the daily demand of referrals entering our services and process these referrals with a patient centered approach to the appropriate clinical services.
Provide comprehensive administrative support across various disciplines and services within the organisation, creating correspondence to support clinical services to enable them to function safely, efficiently and effectively
Main duties of the job
·Manage the processing of new referrals into the service in accordance with locally defined Standard Operating Procedures. This may include registration of new patients onto the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system and creating new referrals.
·Process referrals appropriately by booking appointments for groups or treatment and clinic appointments as required, arranging cancellation of appointments and rescheduling where requested in a timely manner.
·Manipulation of the Electronic Patient Record system to enter and retrieve patient data as required to support the navigation of referrals
·Managing all incoming telephone calls politely and efficiently, taking messages as required and navigating all calls appropriately in line with the Standard Operating Procedure.
·Providing a high standard of communication with a patient centered approach at all times
·Communicating effectively with internal and external stakeholders, acting as an ambassador for the organisation when responding to queries by telephone or electronically.
Preparing documentation in the form of letters and other correspondence as directed by the clinical team in an appropriate format
·Process incoming/outgoing post, taking appropriate action as defined by local Standard Operating Procedures.
Working for our organisation
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country. Across the whole of the region we provide:
· Adult and older adult mental health services
· Specialist learning disability services
· CAMHS
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, after NHS England and NHS Improvement approved the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.
Combining resources, strategies and talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.
As a public body, we are accountable to the people we serve. The Trust Board is responsible for determining the strategy and overall direction of the Trust in an open, honest, and transparent manner.
We’re using our position as an NHS Foundation Trust to strengthen our ties with the local community. We have a large and growing membership, and we’re always encouraging people to join our Trust as members. Members are kept informed of what is happening in the Trust, and their advice is sought on ways we can improve the effectiveness and responsiveness of our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Manage the processing of new referrals into the service in accordance with locally defined Standard Operating Procedures. This may include registration of new patients onto the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system and creating new referrals.
·Process referrals appropriately by booking appointments for groups or treatment and clinic appointments as required, arranging cancellation of appointments and rescheduling where requested in a timely manner.
·Manipulation of the Electronic Patient Record system to enter and retrieve patient data as required to support the navigation of referrals
·Managing all incoming telephone calls politely and efficiently, taking messages as required and navigating all calls appropriately in line with the Standard Operating Procedure.
·Provding a high standard of communication with a patient centred approach at all times
·Communicating effectively with internal and external stakeholders, acting as an ambassador for the organisation when responding to queries by telephone or electronically.
Preparing documentation in the form of letters and other correspondence as directed by the clinical team in an appropriate format
·Process incoming/outgoing post, taking appropriate action as defined by local Standard Operating Procedures.
Person specification
Good standard of education / 5 GCSE’s or equivalent qualification GCSE English grade A to C
Essential criteria
1. Qualifications
2. Word processing / typing at RSA/OCR Level II (or equivalent level / demonstrable experience)
3. Word processing / typing at RSA/OCR Level II (or equivalent level / demonstrable experience)
4. Evidence of continued development or training
Desirable criteria
5. Experience of working in a healthcare environment