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Patient Services Administrator

  • NHS
  • Full Time
  • Carshalton
  • 28622.00 - 30225.00 a year
NHS

Job Description

Job summary

Work within the developing multi-professional At Home Service who provides rapid response assessment and intensive discharge support for people at home and within intermediate care bedded

Working in collaboration with colleagues to deliver an efficient and cost effective administrative service for the team and across the service as a whole.

Lead by example in ensuring a patient focused service by acting as the first point of contact to all queries from patients, referrers, staff and those contacting the service in a timely and professional

Maintain professional working relationships with own and others

Work as part of the multi-professional based team to ensure the provision of high quality patient care and that team and service objectives are achieved and

To support the senior administrator and managers in maintaining a business acumen using your own knowledge and ability to make concise and effective decisions within one's own scope and whenever

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Administrator to work as part of the Sutton Health and Care at Home service under the Adult Interface services. You will be supporting the MDT team that consists of GPs, Nurses, Occupational therapists, Physiotherapists, Rehabilitation assistants and Social Workers across the hospital and community bases. We are innovative and people focused with a 'one team' ethos, which means better quality and more joined up care for our patients and families. The team strives to constantly improve service delivery and contributions from all staff are highly valued. We will provide professional development opportunities and support you to provide great care to our patients.

If you meet the required person specification criteria and have the appropriate clinical skills, together with commitment, energy and experience then we would like to hear from you.

About us

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.

Job responsibilities

*** ***Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role ******

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • Demonstrable experience of working in an administrative role or office environment
  • Previous experience working with database software
  • Working knowledge of NHS procedures
  • Significant previous experience in working in a customer service /similar role

Desirable

  • Demonstrable experience of working in an administrative role or office environment in health / social care
  • Experience in processing volumes of data
  • Previous experience of referral management

Essential

Essential

  • Ability to communicate appropriately and professionally to patients staff/people at different levels both written & verbal
  • Able to work autonomously and as part of a team
  • A professional manner
  • Ability to travel between hospital and community site

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

St Helier Hospital

Wrythe Lane

Carshalton

SM5 1AA

Employer's website

https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

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