Medical Receptionist - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Jubilee Medical Centre

Description

Job description and person specification

Job title
Receptionist


Line manager

Patient Services Manager

Accountable to
Practice Manager


Hours per week

Job summary

We are currently recruiting for a receptionist to cover Maternity leave for 12 months.
Part time hours to be confirmed.


Duties

To be responsible for undertaking a wide range of reception duties and the provision of general support to the multidisciplinary team.

Duties can include, but are not limited to, greeting and directing patients, effective use of the appointment system, booking appointments, the processing of information and assisting patients as required.

To act as the central point of contact for patients, the distribution of information, messages and enquiries for the clinical team, liaising with multi-disciplinary team members and external agencies such as secondary care and community service providers.

Mission statement
Transforming lives rooted in Christian values


Generic responsibilities
All staff at Jubilee Medical Centre have a duty to conform to the following:

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

A good attitude and positive action towards _Equality Diversity & Inclusion_ (ED&I) creates an environment where all individuals can achieve their full potential.

Creating such an environment is important for three reasons - it improves operational effectiveness; it is morally the right thing to do, and it is required by law.

Patients have a responsibility to treat other patients and our staff with dignity and respect.


Safety, Health, Environment and Fire (SHEF)
This organisation is committed to supporting and promoting opportunities for staff to maintain their health, wellbeing and safety.

The post holder is to manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients and monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.

All personnel have a duty to take reasonable care of health and safety at work for themselves, their team and others and to cooperate with employers to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements.

All personnel are to comply with the:

• _Health and Safety at Work Act 1974_,

- _Environmental Protection Act 1990_,
- _Environment Act 1995_,
- _Fire Precautions (workplace) Regulations 1999_
- _Coronavirus Act 2020_

• Other statutory legislation which may be brought to the post holder's attention.

Confidentiality
The organisation is committed to maintaining an outstanding confidential service.

Patients entrust and permit us to collect and retain sensitive information relating to their health and other matters pertaining to their care.

They do so in confidence and have a right to expect all staff will respect their privacy and maintain confidentiality.

It is essential that, if the legal requirements are to be met and the trust of our patients is to be retained, all staff must protect patient information and provide a confidential service.

Quality and Continuous Improvement (CI)

To preserve and improve the quality of this organisation's outputs, all personnel are required to think not only of what they do but how they achieve it.

By continually re-examining our processes, we will be able to develop and improve the overall effectiveness of the way we work.

The responsibility for this rests with everyone working within the organisation to look for opportunities to improve quality and share good practice and to discuss, highlight and work with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care.

Jubilee Medical Centre continually strives to improve work processes which deliver healthcare with improved results across all areas of our service provision.

We promote a culture of continuous improvement where everyone counts, and staff are permitted to make suggestions and contributions to improve our service delivery and enhance patient care.

Staff should interpret national strategies and policies into local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice.

All staff are to contribute to investigations and root cause analyses whilst participating in serious incident investigations and multidisciplinary case reviews.

Induction

At Jubilee Medical Centre you will be required to complete the induction programme and the practice management team will support you throughout the process.

Learning and development

The effective use of training and development is fundamental in ensuring that all staff are equipped with the appropriate skills, knowledge, attitude and competences to perform their role.

All staff will be required to partake in, and complete mandatory training as directed by their line manager. It is an expectation for this post holder to assess their own learning needs and undertake lea