Patient Care Advisor - Carlisle, United Kingdom - North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
2 weeks ago
Description
Patient Care Advisor hours per week - fixed term
The role is to ensure that referrals received in to the Trust are managed through the triage process and added to the relevant waiting lists across a number of specialties in a timely and efficient manner whilst ensuring patient demographics are up to date.
The Contact Centre is based at Maglona House, there are three booking teams the referral (including fast track), medical and surgical booking teams.
To accurately add referrals on the system in a timely manner, ensuring that the demographics are up to date.
Communicating with patients on multiple pathways
Ensure patients are appointed timely and effectively
Ensuring all recorded activity is accurate in regard to constitutional targets
To call and agree appointments with patients whilst maintaining confidentiality and being, at all times, sensitive to the nature of appointments.
To deal with all patient enquiries in an effective manner
To ensure that all enquiries with an action are dealt with in a timely manner
To ensure patients records are kept up to date with accurate information
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people.
Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond.
We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.Being a clinically led organisation
Quality and safety at the heart
A positive patient experience every time
A great place to work
Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030.
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
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Standard Check:
£18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
Enhanced Check:
£38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
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