Booking Clerk - Grimsby Community Diagnostic Centre
NHS
Grimsby
GBP 10,000 - 40,000
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a booking clerk to work at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby booking Cardiology patients for appointments at the new Community Diagnostic Centre in Freshney place. There are 2 posts available, with 1 post working Monday to Wednesday and 1 post working Wednesday to Friday from 8.30-17.00.
The post holder will be responsible for a variety of administration and clerical functions, arranging appointments using an electronic scheduling system, contacting patients via telephone, and managing outgoing appointment attendances on the systems.
You will be expected to display a pleasant and caring approach, especially when dealing with patients.
Main duties of the job
* Operational use of Diagnostic Information Systems (e.g., CVIS, Lorenzo) to register patients attending the departments, ensuring the data entered is accurate and correct.
* Answer telephone queries in a timely manner.
* Demonstrate own tasks to new starters as directed.
* Work with other patient administration departments in line with the continuing needs of the NHS plan and other developments in health care.
* Attend any relevant training courses necessary to ensure the effective delivery of the role and maintain personal development.
* Understand and adhere to the concept of Confidentiality to ensure that this important aspect of care is not breached.
* Safeguard at all times the confidentiality of information in relation to patients and staff. Information relating to identifiable persons must on no account be divulged other than to an authorised person.
About us
NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
Job responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
* Good level of General Education
* NVQ 2 in Administration or willingness to work towards NVQ Level 2
* Keyboard Qualifications / relevant
Occupational Experience
* Previous experience of working in a customer services environment
* Working within a change environment
* Experience of scheduling / coordinating activities and/or resources
* Time Management Skills or experience of working with a busy/demanding environment
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
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
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