Community Diagnostic Centre - Morecambe, United Kingdom - Morecambe Bay Primary Care Collaborative

Morecambe Bay Primary Care Collaborative

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Morecambe, United Kingdom

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Be Part of Something Truly Special in Morecambe Bay

Who Are We?
Morecambe Bay Primary Care Collaborative is not just any NHS service provider.

Rooted in a genuine care for our local community, we operate on a "not-for-profit" basis, tirelessly committed to the well-being of every patient in Morecambe Bay.

What's Happening?
We're on the brink of unveiling our new Community Diagnostic Centres. First up is our spoke site in Heysham, with Barrow soon to follow next year.

As part of the NHS's flagship Community Diagnostic Centre programme, we're proud to collaborate with the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust to directly benefit our local community.

Envision this:

state-of-the-art, user-friendly equipment, perfectly tailored rooms, hassle-free appointments, and the unwavering promise of making a tangible difference for patients awaiting diagnostic tests.

Why Might You Be Interested?

Fresh Perspectives_: Embrace the latest diagnostic equipment. Offer modern healthcare, with traditional values.
Purposeful Work_: Experience the daily reward of helping your local community. Play your part in local people's diagnostic journey towards their needed treatment.
Genuine Team Spirit_: Team up with dedicated colleagues, attending to patients referred directly from our member GP practices and Hospital colleagues.

Who Are We Looking For?

From seasoned professionals to newcomers looking to break into healthcare, if your heart is set on community care and you're intrigued by diagnostics, we would love to hear from you.

Our openings include:

Trainee Diagnostic Technicians
Trainee Health Care Assistants
Diagnostic Technicians
Nurses
Senior Technicians
Lead Nurse
Project/Service Manager
Administrators
And even a General Practitioner

It's worth noting that MBPCC also manages the Primary Care Training Hub for our region.

Education and development is what we do - if you want to expand your skills we can support you to grow.

Why Join Us?
Yes, we offer competitive pay.

But beyond that, imagine the joy of being part of a close-knit team, linking closely with Practices across Morecambe Bay.

Plus, you will learn, grow, and make a real difference in people's lives.

Community Diagnostic Centre Receptionist/Administrator

FOR PRIMARY CARE NETWORK

Post:
CDC Receptionist/Administrator**
Accountable to: Service Manager

Responsible to:
Service Manager

Hours: 37.5 hours per week/ Part time Considered

Salary:
£**11.00 per hour

Contract Type Permanent

Base:
Heysham Community Diagnostic Centre

Job Summary

To work as part of a team providing a full administrative service to ensure the smooth operation of community based diagnostic clinics.

This will involve dealing with referrals, filing, booking new and follow up appointments, tracking patients through the system, recording data to monitor access times and the maintaining of accurate records of clinics on the computerised Patient Administration System EMIS.

Key requirements of the role

To ensure that all referrals are registered and that patients/carers are given the opportunity to have a choice of appointments, whilst maintaining targets for waiting times.

To make appointments and to work as part of a team answering telephone enquiries and making necessary changes to existing appointments.

To inform, by telephone or in writing, patients/carers of the time and date of the appointment and to ensure that all relevant information is sent in good time for the appointment.

To follow systems and procedures to ensure that each patient's journey is managed effectively and in a timely fashion.

To ensure that patient information is available to relevant healthcare professionals when it is required.

To assist in the development of systems to ensure continued efficiency.

To assist in improving the quality of information provided to patients at all times.

Working with the Service Manager and other key staff within the centre to develop effective administrative processes, to ensure the accuracy of information held on the waiting lists.

Responsibility for recognising potential future breaches to waiting times targets ensuring this is brought to the attention of the Service Manager

To ensure all information collected is held securely and in confidence

To answer the telephone in a courteous and pleasant manner at all times

To undertake relevant training where necessary

To respond quickly to requests for information in accordance with policies and procedures and to be responsible for following the procedures relating to data quality standards for health records.

To know how accurate and timely data collection helps the service deliver patient care now and in the future.

General office duties including photocopying.

To carry out other relevant duties as instructed by the Service Manager.

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