Job overview
To act as the Emergency Department Supervisor to ensure the team provide a first-class service. Ensuring that the administration and coordination of the Trust’s and national targets are adhered to and executed to the highest standards. Liaise closely with Clinicians, Health Care professionals, managers, administrative staff both within and outside the organisation as well as patients and relatives.
Patient administration underpins the patient journey and supports clinical teams in delivering high quality patient care and can make a real difference to the patient experience. The post holder has responsibility for the provision of a professional, comprehensive, and efficient administrative service, which is effectively delivered to all patients and members of the Department. This will be through the delivery of a comprehensive administrative service
Main duties of the job
• To be responsible for the reception of patients, relatives, carers and ambulance staff
in a calm, professional and polite manner
• To accurately record and input full data/information into the Trust’s EPR system in a
timely manner.
• To provide excellent customer care that demonstrates a caring and responsive
approach to those attending the hospital.
• Act as a first point of call for patients, relatives and carers presenting to the
Emergency Department and provide guidance on what they can expect
• Collect personal and confidential information from patients or relatives ensuring tact
and empathy are employed when inputting presenting complaint and using both
computerised and paper based systems as appropriate.
• Use tact, diplomacy, understanding and compassion when communicating with
patients who may be distressed, hard of hearing or whose first language is not
English.
• To liaise with Ambulance and Police services and relevant departments within the
trust as necessary to ensure a smooth patient pathway.
• File departmental records and organised the culling of filed notes in accordance with
Trust guidelines. To support the collection of notes for Audit/Research as requested
by Team Coordinators/Senior Clinicians
• To contribute in own personal development, through attendance at mandatory
training courses and appraisal
• To ensure that information on overseas and private patients is entered accurately
onto EPR, to ensure appropriate charges are incurred.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view
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