Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
We are delighted to be able to offer a Customer Care Administrator position working for Wellway Medical Group. The successful post holder will be able to work from any Northumbria Primary Care location with the expectation that your main base will be Morpeth Surgery.
Northumbria Primary Care is a developing, dynamic organisation with a clear vision for Primary Care service delivery. We are pushing the boundaries of how we deliver our services, which is facilitating greater opportunities for our teams to develop into new roles.
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic team player who can demonstrate high standards of customer care and administrative skills. You will become part of an experienced, pro-active, and friendly team working to serve patients through general practice. The hours will be varied between 08:00 and 18:30 Monday - Friday with Extended Hours on a rota basis.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received. Previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
Ideally, the successful candidate will have a background of working in primary care, as well as strong customer service and administrative skills.
This position will be based at both Morpeth and Pegswood Surgeries. The successful candidate will be providing a high level of customer service to patients of NPC practices.
About us
Northumbria Primary Care Ltd (NPC) is a pioneering partnership with local GPs and now manages several GP practices with over 100,000 registered patients in Northumberland and North Tyneside.
Whilst appointees will have a base practice within NPC, they may be asked to work at other practices across our group. We do however limit this as much as possible as we appreciate continuity is vital to effective primary care.
Please note that NPC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Make sure to read the 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application and ensure you know everything there is to know before applying to join our fantastic organisation.
Job responsibilities
1. General reception duties, to answer telephone calls & respond to all enquiries directing the public as appropriate.
2. To manage correspondence, processing and distributing incoming (and outgoing) mail.
3. To provide nonclinical advice to patients, relatives, the public and internal & external agencies.
4. To receive confidential information by telephone or face to face and input accurately into SystmOne as appropriate. The job requires a broad range of tasks and offers general admin and secretarial support to the team.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NVQ level 2 or higher in Customer service/Administration/Healthcare or equivalent experience
Experience
* A knowledge of the EMIS or SystemOne
* Child Protection training
* NSTS Training
* ECDL
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
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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