iCaSH Peterborough – Administration Assistant, 12 months, Fixed Term Contract
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and committed Administration Assistant to provide high quality services to the community who use the Integrated Contraception and Sexual Health (iCaSH) services across Peterborough.
To provide call taking, reception, front of house, appointment booking for patients and additional administration support function to the iCaSH service clinical and non-clinical teams.
Act as the first point of contact to patients and visitors, ensuring all enquires and contact with iCaSH are dealt with in a welcoming, friendly, efficient, courteous and professional manner, promptly and prioritising as required dependant on urgency of enquiry.
We are looking a suitable candidate based at our Peterborough site.
Facilitate communication with patients booking of appointments for clinics via relevant contact methods for example, answering calls for our 0300 telephone line, online booking, direct messaging and chat functions, using the clinical system and other local booking/waiting list processes.
Update and process patient demographics on the clinical system and associated booking/check in/waiting list processes.
Maintain accurate patient records both manual and electronic in accordance with the organisation’s Record Keeping Policy.
Respond to routine enquiries and requests for information, passing information onto relevant colleagues as appropriate and in a timely manner.
When required; receive, sort, distribute and dispatch all mail, ensuring all outgoing mail is appropriately processed and ready for collection at the appropriate time.
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
Act as the first point of contact to patients and visitors, ensuring all enquires and contact with iCaSH are dealt with in a welcoming, friendly, efficient, courteous and professional manner, promptly and prioritising as required dependant on urgency of enquiry.
When required; receive, sort, distribute and dispatch all mail, ensuring all outgoing mail is appropriately processed and ready for collection at the appropriate time.
When required, take bookings for meeting rooms.
Assist with archiving of clinical notes in line with NHS Trust Retention and Disposal Policy.
Provide administration support to the iCaSH Service secretaries if required.
Open, sort and prioritise clinic mail. Scanning of relevant client medical records, laboratory reports and other clinic correspondence onto the electronic patient record.
Key working relationships
The general public including patients and their families if appropriate
Head of iCaSH Services
iCaSH Service Manager
Service Support Lead
Clinical Nurse Manager
Administration Team
iCaSH Locality Team
iCaSH Clinical Team
iCaSH Medical Team
Other East of England Community Health and Care NHS trust Services employees
iCaSH/EEC Subcontracted Services
External/Third party organisations
Budgetary Responsibility
Contribute to the financial delivery and sustainability of the department objectives.
Support with stock control and ordering as required.
People Management
Maintain own professional development and participate in The Trust’s appraisal and KSF process.
Participate/support in clinical audit, service development and research projects if required.
Clinical and Practice Governance
Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff/records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.
Any data that is taken/shared as part of a phone call or transported, faxed or transferred electronically must be undertaken with regard to the Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies.
The post holder must adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes.
The post holder must adhere to infection prevention and control policies and procedures.
Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by EEC.
The post holder should participate in Clinical & Safeguarding audits, research and service redesign and development projects as required.
The post holder is required to participate in relevant emergency preparedness process for their team.
