Receptionist - Leeds, United Kingdom - Rutland Lodge Medical Practice

    Rutland Lodge Medical Practice
    Rutland Lodge Medical Practice Leeds, United Kingdom

    2 weeks ago

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    Permanent
    Description

    Job summary

    Weare a busy GP surgery in Leeds 7 working with 2 other surgeries in the area to recruit toour reception teams. We are looking for motivated people to work as part of a team undertaking reception and administrativeduties within the practice. Previousexperience in general practice would be preferred but someone with a background in a customer service environment would be considered

    Main duties of the job

    To receive, assist and direct patients to accessingthe appropriate service or healthcare professional in a courteous, efficientand effective way.

    To provide general assistance to the practice teamand project a positive and friendly image to patients and other visitors,either in person or via the telephone.

    About us

    We aim to provide high qualityservices adhering to principles of best practice, promoting equal opportunitiesand working positively with diversity. We are committed to developing staff to maintain job satisfaction.

    We are looking for a number of people who can work up to 30+ hours per week and across a range of days and sites so we are able to consider a number of candidates.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

  • Taking telephone calls from patients when they want to make an appointment and entering the details onto the computer
  • Encourage patients to use online consultation methods in line with practice policies
  • Deal with patients when they arrive for their appointment, in the correct way
  • Answer queries and handling questions both face to face and over the phone
  • Provide the correct information to the patient when they phone regarding their results
  • Take messages from patients and hospitals and informing the relevant person of any information they may need
  • Working with others as a team ensuring that you leave any information with your other colleagues, which they may need to deal with, so that the practice is run to a high standard and offers excellent continuing care to its patients
  • Liaising with the hospitals to resolve queries
  • Helping the patients with any problems they may have regarding their hospital visit, when their appointment is etc
  • Requesting hospital transport for a patient who has difficulty getting to a hospital appointment
  • Use extended access appointments
  • Register new patients to the practice
  • Follow the practice policy regarding DNAs
  • Open and date stamp post, making it available for scanning in a timely manner
  • Obtain medical notes urgently if the doctor requires them; find notes from the filing cabinets and returning them to the appropriate body when required
  • Any necessary filing
  • Any necessary scanning
  • Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

  • GCSE Grade A to C in English and Maths
  • Experience

    Essential

  • Working within a customer service environment
  • Desirable

  • Working at a GP surgery or within the NHS