Patient Co-ordinatorNHS

Job summary

Days and Hours

Wednesday - 08:00-18:30

Thursday 08:00-13:30

Friday 08:00-18:30

Mendip Vale Medical Group are looking for further Patient Co-ordinators to join our team, as we expand in our friendly and innovative practices serving over 90,000 patients within our 11 functional patient sites in North Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucester, and Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW)

As a Patient Co-ordinator you will assist and signpost patients to the most appropriate service or healthcare professional in a courteous, efficient and effective way.

Main duties of the job

Working as part of a team the post-holder will assist and direct patients in accessing the appropriate service or healthcare professional in a courteous, efficient and effective way. Managing the expectations of patients, their carers or guardians in to provide a high standard of patient focused service. The post-holder will pro-actively communicate relevant information between patients and their healthcare professional.

The Patient Co-ordinator will develop good working relationships with:

• Patients
• GP, nurses and other surgery staff

Key Responsibilities:

• To support the Patient Services Manger in the delivery of safe and efficient responses to patient requirements.
• Working in our telephone hub being the first contact to our patient enquiries and appointment booking requests.
• Making of appointments by telephone and at the reception desk, using a computerised system.
• Letter scanning and filing, dealing with clerical patient changes of address, completion of forms etc. as required.
• Checking and completion of tasks as appropriate.
• Creation of new patient records.
• Control all patient files and related admin to required quality standards and in line with information governance, GDPR and DPA regulations.
• Maintain accurate records.

Job description

To assist patient with their enquiries so as to be able to direct them to the most appropriate service or healthcare professional in order to meet their needs in a courteous, efficient and effective way.

Managing the expectations of patients, their carers or guardians to provide a high standard of patient focused service. The post-holder will pro-actively communicate relevant information between patients and their healthcare professional.

The succesful candidate will be responsible for:

Working in our telephone hub, being the first contact to our patient enquiries and appointment booking requests.

Making of appointments by telephone and at the reception desk, using a computerised system.

Letter scanning and filing, dealing with clerical patient changes of address, completion of forms etc. as required.

Checking and completing tasks as appropriate.

Creating of new patient records.

Controlling all patient files and related admin to required quality standards and in line with information governance, GDPR and DPA regulations.

Maintaining accurate records.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we regret that we are only able to contact candidates who are shortlisted for the next stage of the selection process.

We would like to thank all applicants for their interest in joining our team and for the time and effort invested in the recruitment process.

About us

As a high-achieving and well-organised practice, we embrace a Multi-Disciplinary Team approach to care provision.

Changes made from merging and working more effectively have enabled us to make investment into our buildings, making our estate one of the newest and brightest in the south west