Overview
Due to increased demand, we are looking for a Care Navigator/Administrative Assistant to join our friendly Practice family. Oswald Medical Centre is an award-winning Practice serving over 17,500 patients. We are based across 3 sites in Accrington, Oswaldtwistle and Blackburn. We pride ourselves on our approach to providing caring services and offer a range of standard NHS and enhanced services including minor surgery.
The Practice has an extensive clinical team comprising of: 4 GP Partners, 1 Salaried GP, 3 Advanced Nurse / Clinical Practitioners, 3 Practice Nurses, 2 Nurse Associates and 2 Healthcare Assistants. We also have additional clinicians who work across practices in Hyndburn including Pharmacists, Physiotherapists, Health and Wellbeing Coaches and Social Prescribers. Supporting our Clinical Team is a large Administrative Team, including a dedicated Pharmacy Technician who heads up our in-house Prescribing Hub.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Prepare Building for Opening and Closing:
- Open the building - shutters and front doors etc where applicable and be ready at your desk to deal with telephones from the beginning of your shift, following work instructions and check lists issued as required.
- Prepare consulting rooms i.e., clinical stationary, test requests and sample bottles, following work instructions and check lists issued as required
- Close down consultation rooms, lock up and secure the building at the end of the day where appropriate in line with work instructions and check lists issued as required, following work instructions and check lists issued as required
General Reception Duties:
- Care-navigate / signpost patients to the most appropriate health care professional ensuring appointments are allocated where required in line with practice protocol and procedure.
- Conduct telephone and face to face contact with patients in a professional, friendly and helpful manner.
- Ensure distressed or bereaved patients are dealt with sensitively and appropriately, escalating where required to a Manager or Clinician.
- Take messages in an efficient and effective manner from both patients and GPs ensuring responsibility is retained until successfully handed over / recorded / relayed.
- Deal with prescription requests / test result enquiries and queries accurately and in a timely manner and in accordance with practice protocol.
- Ensure email, postal and hand delivered letters / forms, text messages and other correspondence are dealt with appropriately and in a timely manner.
- Ensure prescriptions or other letters are signed for when collected by a representative and ensure any prescriptions or other paperwork not collected by patients are dealt with / cancelled in line with practice protocol.
- Receive specimens from patients in line with relevant policy, procedure and health and safety / infection control requirements.
- Be aware of and abide by all information governance requirements in respect of data protection and confidentiality.
- Regularly check and update noticeboards with patient information, ensuring incorrect or out of date information is removed immediately and information is displayed appropriately and safely.
- Talk to patients to try to resolve issues before they become a formal complaint.
- Notify Practice Manager of any complaints or concerns from both practice staff and patients. Follow complaints procedure at all times.
- Process new patient registrations and promote digital / new services and initiatives at every opportunity.
- Book appointments with the clinical team ensuring that patients are being seen by the correct clinician for their needs.
- Deal with home visit requests appropriately.
- Deal with emergency presentations appropriately.
- Ensure that the correct appointments are booked at all times and that patient records are checked to ensure incorrect or missing information or overdue / outstanding appointments are addressed.
- Take part in the practice uptake encouragement initiatives with patients which contribute to ‘Quality Outcomes Framework’ and other ‘Quality Framework’ requirements.
- Receive visitors and deliveries, ensuring protocol is followed at all times, especially where temperature sensitive items are delivered.
- Ensure all staff sign and in and out daily.
- Maintain the handover diary to ensure information is passed to others at the start and end of your shift.
General Clerical Work:
- Scan, code and file patient information accurately and promptly.
- Undertake electronic document management tasks as required.
- Ensure accurate and timely data input
- Deal with requests for private work or death administration appropriately ensuring prompt, accurate and full records are kept and recorded.
- Undertake any other general clerical duties required by the practice.
Quality Checks:
- Check the pharmacy fridge temperatures as required daily, ensuring issues are escalated for immediate resolution. Record temperatures and take / record actions as per practice protocol and promptly without exception. Undertake safe fridge cleaning as required.
- Undertake weekly and monthly building checks (tick / action log sheets) as per practice protocol, ensuring these are recorded and saved appropriately and issues raised for immediate resolution. This includes but is not limited to emergency trolley, emergency lights, fire alarm checks, health and safety checks and legionella testing.
- Undertake the role of Fire Marshal as required in the event of a fire or fire drill.
- Undertake the evening appointment reconciliation procedure.
General:
- Maintain professional attitude at all times.
- Contribute ideas to practice meetings/ discussions and put forward opinions and suggestions which may feed into practice development / patient experience.
- Ensure your work area, reception and communal areas of the buildings are kept tidy, secure and free of hazards. Maintain the clear desk and tidy practice policy.
- Work as part of a team with all practice staff, upholding the ‘No Blame Culture’
- Take an active part in significant event audits / complaint investigations as required
- Maintain an understanding of the ‘Quality Outcomes Framework’ and other ‘Quality Framework’ projects the practice takes part in.
- Participate in practice / staff meetings, staff training, development and performance reviews.
- Read, follow appropriately and keep abreast of all relevant practice service developments, initiatives, policies, procedures and protocols
Benefits of the role include:
· Generous annual leave: 24 days, plus 1 additional day for every year worked, up to a maximum of 5 (plus Bank Holidays)
· Day off for your birthday, plus a £50 voucher
· End of year bonus scheme
· Free on-site parking
· Access to the NHS Pension scheme
· High-quality training and continued professional development opportunities
· A supportive GP team
· Experienced support staff
· The opportunity to be involved in Practice development
Pay: £12.71 per hour
Work Location: In person
