Job summary An exciting opportunity has arisen in our anticoagulation departments at Wythenshawe and Trafford working across sites to support the clinical and nursing teams. o To provide cover for reception. Greeting patients and visitors and attending to their general needs. Checking in the patients on arrival into the department. Managing appointments, patient waiting lists on a daily basis. o Following up DNA's day to day basis. o Using hospital systems to scheduling of appointments for patients, both in person and over the phone. Informing patients of date, time and location of their appointments and sending letters where appropriate. Booking of new and follow up appointments. Capturing outcomes of patient appointments. o Answering, screening, and routing incoming calls for the service, and managing appropriately. Providing a telephone answering / booking service, relaying queries, and messages as necessary and liaising with other departments where appropriate. o Capture patient information and input into the patient electronic records (HIVE and DAWN) daily. Updating patient records where necessary. o To communicate with service users in a sympathetic and empathetic manner using tact and diplomacy both in person and over the telephone. Main duties of the job o Liaise with internal and external departments or organisations, dealing with their enquiries or referring on where required. o Liaise with medical and nursing teams as appropriate. Preparation of Outpatient clinics, ensuring the patient's details are correct and any prior arranged items are in place. o Data entry and retrieval. Daily management of the DAWN interface IT system - (Anticoagulation Database). Daily management of the HIVE (EPIC) patient electronic patient record. o Providing clerical support to the Nurses and Team Lead with a range of duties. o General support for staff with organisation of admin duties, e.g., photo copying / archiving of unit documents / HIVE up loading in a timely manner. o To assist with staff training as instructed by the Team Lead. o Undertake all duties allocated by the Team Lead as appropriate to the role. eg reception duties, appointment bookings. Work from different sites covering reception and/or general admin duties. o Registering patients on the eReferral service when necessary. o Cross cover of colleagues to maintain cover and needs of service. Cross cover for annual leave and sickness of colleagues. o To organise workload of self and relevant team members prioritising urgent matters. o Manage the day-to-day workload, ensuring that priorities are identified and dealt with appropriately. About us MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating anxceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022. We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together. Date posted 16 January 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 2 Salary £23,615 a year per annum, pro rata Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time, Part-time Reference number 349-WTWA-6813765 Job locations Wythenshawe Hospital Southmoor Road Wythenshawe M23 9LT Job description Job responsibilities To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form. Diversity Matters MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcingmft.nhs.uk. Were looking forward to hearing from you Job description Job responsibilities To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form. Diversity Matters MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcingmft.nhs.uk. Were looking forward to hearing from you Person Specification Qualifications Essential GSCE or equivalent Desirable ECDL/NVQ Experience Essential Experience of using office applications Proven experience of working to deadlines Customer Care experience Excellent organisation and planning skills. Desirable Previous working of NHS Experience of working with people with disabilities Person Specification Qualifications Essential GSCE or equivalent Desirable ECDL/NVQ Experience Essential Experience of using office applications Proven experience of working to deadlines Customer Care experience Excellent organisation and planning skills. Desirable Previous working of NHS Experience of working with people with disabilities Employer details Employer name Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Address Wythenshawe Hospital Southmoor Road Wythenshawe M23 9LT Employer's website https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)