Job summary
Job Title: Patient Administration Team Leader
Hours per week: 22 hours hours per week
Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum, pro rata
Closing Date: 29th November 2024
Interview Date: 16th December 2024
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications,so you are advised to apply promptly. **
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
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Main duties of the job
To support the Patient Administration Manager with line management of allocated administration staff including recruitment and managing performance.
Undertake quality audits on patient administration and records to support the Patient Administration Manager as required.
Review outpatient clinic utilisation daily to ensure enough clinic capacity is available on Choose and Book and that gaps in both clinic are filled/adjusted where possible and escalate potential issues to the Patient Administration Manager when required.
Monitoring and maintaining the Medicine Directorate's Outpatients appointment bookings, rescheduling and cancellations ensuring all patients are treated within the 18 Week RTT guidelines and 2WW for cancer patients.
To support the Patient Administration Manager with outpatient clinical scheduling and supporting the admin team to set up on the Patient Administration System (Lorenzo) at least 2 months in advance.
1. Escalate concerns within team to Patient Administration Manager.
2. Identify training needs of the team through supervision and appraisals
3. Provide support to Managers of the Trust, consultants, nursing staff and all departments in relation to waiting list initiative clinics
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to' excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
E ffective Open Communication
e x cellence and safety in everything we do
C hallenge but support
E xpect respect and dignity
L ocal health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the Patient Administration Manager with line management of allocated administration staff including recruitment and managing performance.
Under the direction of the Patient Administration Manager, review and update the departments standing operating procedures.
Provide a first-class response to patient enquiries in a timely manner via phone or Email.
To be responsible for the smooth running of the department on a day to day basis.
The post holder will be the first point of contact for any issues with patients and staff. This requires a wide range of communication skills including receiving complex information, strong motivational and negotiating skills and the ability to remain calm and think logically to resolve an issue.
Ensure patient records are well maintained and information recorded accurately and updated with most up to date contact information.
Ensure all correspondence, reports, and test results are actioned accordingly and scanned into the patient record in an efficient and timely manner.
Booking and rebooking clinic appointments.
Booking appointments within national and local KPIs whilst managing patient expectations around choice.
Special Requirements Sitting for lengthy periods using a VDU system
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
4. Working in a senior administrative or supervisory role
5. Experience in a customer facing role
6. Decision making and resolving complex work related issues
7. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages Outlook, Word, Excel
8. Excellent understanding of general office working procedures
Desirable
9. Awareness of current issues within the NHS
Skills and Abilities
Essential
10. Excellent organisational skills
11. Good presentation skills
12. Strong leadership skills
13. Able to supervise staff on a daily basis
14. Sound decision making skills
15. Excellent level of verbal and written communication
16. Able to demonstrate good persuasion and influencing skills
17. Able to use judgement and initiative to provide information and support
18. Able to apply tact and sensitivity to establish trust and confidence
19. Empathetic approach to managing and resolving enquiries
20. Able to manage difficult and distressing situations effectively
21. Able to analyse problems and initiate appropriate solutions effectively
Personal Qualities
Essential
22. Able to work using own initiative
23. Able to work as part of a team
24. Able to collaborate with others
25. Able to autonomously prioritise and plan workload to meet deadlines, often in a pressurised environment and be able recognise when to escalate to appropriate manager
26. Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
27. Positive and flexible approach to work
28. Understands limits of own responsibilities
Other
Essential
29. Occupational Health clearance
30. Good attendance in line with Trust Managing Attendance Policy
31. Reliable and punctual with flexible attitude towards working hours to meet service needs
Trust Values
Essential
32. Effective Open Communication
33. Excellence and safety in all that we do
34. Challenge but support
35. Expect respect and dignity
36. Local healthcare that inspires confidence