Job Description:
Admissions Officer
Cromwell Hospital, London SW5 0TU
Bank Contract
£14.75ph + fantastic benefits
Full time -
We make health happen.
Working in our support functions you’ll play a key part in helping our customer facing colleagues deliver exceptional standards of customer service and patient care. No matter your role, you’ll have an opportunity to do work that matters. Making a difference to the lives of our customers each and every day.
Role Overview
As an Admissions Officer, you will be responsible for obtaining demographic information, financial information, booking all inpatient and daycase admissions, utilising booking and theatre modules aiming to use the Hospitals resources to the fullest effect. The primary emphasis is to provide efficient effective communication at all levels to both external and internal customers and maintain confidentiality of information regarding patients, families and friends at all times.
You’ll help us make health happen by:
1. Answer all incoming calls in a timely manner provide an efficient high-quality service to all internal and external customers inclusive of patients/relatives, clinicians, secretaries, internal colleagues and members of the general public.
2. Attend bed meetings and ensure all necessary information obtained is updated on the bed board and detailed in bed summary and communicated to all related departments.
3. Receive all inpatient and day case bookings from recognised clinicians and their associated staff, input all relevant details to the Hospitals Information Systems
4. Allocate patient rooms and manage bed status and board working with Site Lead and associated multi-disciplinary teams
5. Facilitate preadmission clinic bookings and any subsequent queries.
6. Provide quotes for all self pay bookings and any requests sent via email or received by phone.
7. Conduct courtesy call/email to patients to ensure we have all necessary demographics, financial information, obtain credit card details, explain the registration form (financial agreement), provide direction details if required and answer any questions the patient may have about their admission.
8. Meet & greet patients at pre admission clinic or on day of admission where financial details are not in secured. Facilitate this in a timely manner to ensure patients admission is not delayed.
9. Visit patients in their room where necessary to collect registration form, required information or payment.
10. Always assist with monitoring accounts length of stay and discharge to ensure fully financially covered. Keep patients informed of costs where applicable.
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
11. Administration experience in a hospital or healthcare setting
12. Excellent communication skills
13. Organisational skills
14. Attention to detail
15. Able to work on own initiative, prioritise work and meet deadlines.
16. Good timekeeping but prepared to be flexible.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
17. Annual leave accrual paid every time you work
18. Subsidised staff canteen and coffee shop led by expert caterers.
19. Access to preferential rates on Bupa products, such as health assessments, menopause plan and some dental practices
20. Inclusion in the NEST government pension scheme
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.