Job summary
Booking Clerk - 30 hours per week Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - 08:30 - 17:00
An opportunity has arisen for a Booking Clerk to join the Trust's centralised outpatient appointments team, working 30 hours per week.
Our Booking Clerk role in the Patient Access Centre can offer you variety and challenges, representing the Trust as first point of contact with our patients.
Main duties of the job
1. Handling inbound calls
2. Booking, cancelling and rearranging Outpatient appointments
3. Making outbound calls
4. Maintaining a high standard of customer service
5. Use of hospital systems to effectively support the management of the patient journey
6. Managing clinic capacity
7. Managing pending lists and wait times
8. Processing new referrals from external and internal sources
9. Managing theatre and secretary request spreadsheets
10. Liaising with colleagues at all levels to ensure the patient journey is smooth
11. To work in accordance with the Trust policies at all times
About us
The Patient Access Centre is made up of 7 teams that book 95% of the Outpatient Appointments for the Acute and Community settings within Torbay and South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust.
The department handles approximately 500,000 calls a year and books approximately 500,000 appointments a year.
The teams are compromised of booking clerks and receptionists, with each team having between 6-13 team members and mainly work out of a centralised booking office based at Torbay Hospital.
Why work with us
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full details of the job description and person specification please read the attached documents.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
12. Minimum of 4 x GCSE Grade A-C (including English) or equivalent
Desirable
13. NVQ Administration Level 2 or equivalent
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
14. Experience working with emails, spreadsheets and Microsoft packages
15. Administrative or clerical experience
16. Customer service experience
17. Experience of working with the public sector or in a call centre environment
18. Organisational and time management skills
Desirable
19. Previous NHS experience
20. Knowledge of PAS, E-Referral service, or Patient Target List (PTL)
21. Knowledge of Referral to Treatment Targets (RTT)