We have an exciting opportunity for a Healthcare Support Worker to provide a Receptionist/ Administration/Healthcare role in Buckinghamshire, including Aylesbury, Oxford & Maidenhead. The post is part-time, working two days per week, and the successful candidate will be expected to work every other Saturday at our Maidenhead clinic.
The post holder will work to provide the highest standards of patient care and perform competencies as required as a Receptionist/ Administrator/Healthcare Worker. The successful applicant must be prepared to travel, delivering a supportive and non-judgemental service to patients and their supporters attending clinics, coordinating the patient pathway throughout the patients' time in the clinic.
Main duties of the job
Clinical
1. Assist colleagues during the sensitive examination and treatment of patients within the department, treating them with respect and always promoting their dignity and comfort.
2. Chaperone as required with procedures, recognising when patients' condition deteriorates and escalating as required.
3. Work in a caring, professional, and co-operative way with patients, their significant others, and colleagues.
4. Undertake pregnancy tests and record results as required.
5. Stock clinical areas and maintain the clinical/administrative environment to a high standard.
6. Order and receive stock as necessary.
7. Ensure infection prevention policies are always adhered to.
8. Respect the confidentiality of information both on and off duty.
9. Understand the principles of confidentiality, effective verbal and written communication, and the recording of appropriate documentation.
10. Theatre support as required.
Service Delivery
1. Deliver a consistent, patient-centred, caring service.
2. Ensure all patient case notes are processed in a consistent and timely fashion in line with monthly invoicing requirements.
3. Liaise with clinical and medical staff regarding patient and medical queries.
4. Co-ordinate patient treatment pathway throughout time in the clinic.
5. Co-ordinate and facilitate the delivery of patient prescriptions and legal documents.
6. Prepare and complete Patient notes.
7. Remote Administrator Duties.
8. Referrals to external providers or NHS Hospitals.
9. Undertake cashiering duties.
About us
The post holder will have a duty to ensure that the principles of patient, carer, and public involvement and engagement are adhered to in line with Section 11 of The Health and Social Care Act 2012 for Improving Patient Experience.
All staff are required to adhere to the principles of patient-centred care as detailed in the NICE Quality Standard for Patient Experience and to treat patients with dignity, kindness, compassion, courtesy, respect, understanding, and honesty.
The post holder will, in support of the NUPAS Visions & Values, ensure that everyone is treated as an individual and will acknowledge and value difference in order to treat everyone fairly.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Level 2 qualification (e.g. GCSE Grade A-C, NVQ2) in a Health-related subject or Business Administration or a good standard of general education to GCSE level.
* Will be expected to meet the Care Certificate standards within 12 weeks of commencing employment.
* Support a woman's right to request an abortion.
* Care certificate.
Experience
* Recent reception and general clerical work experience or recent Healthcare Assistant experience.
* Experience of communicating effectively with people in various situations.
* Understanding of the Data Protection Act and code of confidentiality. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Outlook.
* Ability to challenge poor behaviour and role model good behaviour.
* A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
* Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
* Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
* Good interpersonal skills.
* Ability to prioritise own workload and use initiative within defined parameters.
* Ability to deal with the public.
* Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
* Positive non-judgemental approach, and pro-choice is essential.
* Willingness to undertake relevant training.
* Ability to offer flexibility of working to meet needs of the service & able to meet the travel requirements of the role.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
NUPAS Ltd
Address
NUPAS Oxford
St Bartholomews Medical Centre, Lake Street Site
£13.19 an hour for 2 x 9.5 Hour Shifts of 8am-6pm and 10am-8pm including weekends
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
E0169-24-0073
Job locations
NUPAS Oxford
St Bartholomews Medical Centre, Lake Street Site
Oxford
OX1 4RP
NUPAS Aylesbury
Haddenham Medical Centre, Stanbridge Road
Aylesbury
HP17 8JX
NUPAS Maidenhead, Symonds Medical Centre
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