Administrator

The Administrator will be an instrumental part of the admin team at Helston Medical Centre. Key responsibilities will be to provide administrative support to the wider primary care team. Duties will include, but will not be limited to roles in scanning, summarising, secretarial, registrations, deductions, reports for insurance and other parties, and document workflow etc.

Mission Statement

Putting patients at the HEART of everything we do by being Honest, Equal, Accountable, Respectful and being proud of our Team

Generic Responsibilities

All staff at Helston Medical Centre and Porthleven Surgery have a duty to conform to the following:

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I)

A good attitude and positive action towards ED&I creates and environment where all individuals are able to achieve their full potential. Creating such an environment is important for three reasons: it improves operational effectiveness, it is morally the right thing to do, and it is required by law.

Patients and their families have the right to be treated fairly and be routinely involved in decisions about their treatment and care. They can expect to be treated with dignity and respect and will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Patients have a responsibility to treat other patients and our staff with dignity and respect.

Staff have the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression. Staff can expect to work in an environment where diversity is valued and equality of opportunity is promoted. Staff will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Staff have a responsibility to ensure that you treat our patients and their colleagues with dignity and respect.

Safety, Health, Environment and Fire (SHEF)

This practice is committed to supporting and promoting opportunities to for staff to maintain their health, well-being and safety. You have a duty to take reasonable care of health and safety at work for you, your team and others, and to cooperate with employers to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements. All personnel are to comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Environmental Protection Act 1990, Environment Act 1995, Fire Precautions (workplace) Regulations 1999 and other statutory legislation.

Confidentiality

This practice is committed to maintaining an outstanding confidential service. Patients entrust and permit us to collect and retain sensitive information relating to their health and other matters, pertaining to their care. They do so in confidence and have a right to expect all staff will respect their privacy and maintain confidentiality at all times. It is essential that if, the legal requirements are to be met and the trust of our patients is to be retained that all staff protect patient information and provide a confidential service.

Quality & Continuous Improvement (CI)

To preserve and improve the quality of our output, all personnel are required to think not only of what they do, but how they achieve it. By continually re-examining our processes, we will be able to develop and improve the overall effectiveness of the way we work. The responsibility for this rests with everyone working within the practice to look for opportunities to improve quality and share good practice.

This practice continually strives to improve work processes which deliver health care with improved results across all areas of our service provision. We promote a culture of continuous improvement, where everyone counts and staff are permitted to make suggestions and contributions to improve our service delivery and enhance patient care.

Induction Training

On arrival at the practice all personnel are to complete a practice induction programme; this is managed by the Operations Manager.

Learning and Development

The effective use of training and development is fundamental in ensuring that all staff is equipped with the appropriate skills, knowledge, attitude and competences to perform their role. All staff will be required to partake and complete mandatory training as directed by the training coordinator, as well as participating in the practice training programme. Staff will also be permitted (subject to approval) to undertake external training courses which will enhance their knowledge and skills, progress their career and ultimately, enable them to improve processes and service delivery.

Collaborative Working

All staff are to recognise the significance of collaborative working. Teamwork is essential in multidisciplinary environments. Effective communication is essential and all staff must ensure they communicate in a manner which enables the sharing of information in an appropriate manner.

Service Delivery

Staff at Helston Medical Centre and Porthleven Surgery must adhere to the information contained with practice policies and regional directives, ensuring protocols are adhered to at all times. Staff will be given detailed information during the induction process regarding policy and procedure.

Security

The security of the practice is the responsibility of all personnel. Staff must ensure they remain vigilant at all times and report any suspicious activity immediately to their line manager. Under no circumstances are staff to share the codes for the door locks with anyone, and they are to ensure that restricted areas remain effectively secured.

Professional Conduct

At Helston Medical Centre and Porthleven Surgery, staff are required to dress appropriately for their role. Administrative staff will be provided with a uniform whilst clinical staff must dress in accordance with their role.

Leave

All personnel are entitled to take leave. Line managers are to ensure all of their staff are afforded the opportunity to take their allocated leave each year, and should be encouraged to take all of their leave entitlement.

The primary and secondary responsibilities for this role are detailed overleaf.

Primary Responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the administrator. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

• Processing incoming and outgoing mail both electronic and paper


• Action all incoming documents and forward to the appropriate team or person


• Identify relevant clinical information contained in patient correspondence, code and forward to the appropriate person


• Manage removal and sending of records for patients who have left the practice, for both electronic and paper copies


• Scanning of patient related documentation and attaching scanned documents to patient's healthcare records and forward to appropriate team or person


• Input data into the patient's healthcare records as necessary


• Action GP2GP tasks


• Summarise patient notes as per protocol in a timely manner


• Assist Doctors and other health care professionals with patient records or information that is needed


• Support secretarial team with referrals as required using the electronic referral system (ERS)


• Process requests for information i.e. SAR, insurance / solicitors letters and DVLA forms


• Read code data on Systm1


• Answer incoming phone calls, transferring calls or dealing with the callers request appropriately


• Manage all administrative queries as necessary


• Carry out system searches as requested


• Maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area at all times


• Support all clinical staff with general administrative tasks as requested


• Manage store of paper records so it is kept in order and records can be easily accessed and found


Secondary Responsibilities

In addition to the primary responsibilities, the medical administrator may be requested to:

• Partake in audit as directed by the audit lead


• Support reception staff, providing cover during staff absences


• Book appointments


• Process incoming e-test results, ensuring they are referred to the relevant clinician


• Complete opening and closing procedures in accordance with the duty rota


• Support Service Co-ordinator / IT team as required with recalls, flu invites, managing QOF


• Process all DNA letters in accordance with current protocol
  
  Educated to GCSE level or equivalent



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  GCSE Mathematics & English (C or above)
  
  
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  NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care
  
  
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  Experience
  
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  Desirable
  
  Experience of working with the general public
  
  
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  Experience of administrative duties
  
  
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  Experience of working in a health care setting, Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
  
  
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  Strong IT skills
  
  
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  Clear, polite telephone manner
  
  
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  Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
  
  
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  EMIS / Systmone / Vision user skills
  
  
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  Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
  
  
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  Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
  
  
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  Good interpersonal skills
  
  
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  Problem solving & analytical skills
  
  
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  Ability to follow policy and procedure
  
  
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  Personal Qualities
  
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  Polite and confident
  
  
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  Flexible and cooperative
  
  
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  Motivated
  
  
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  Forward thinker
  
  
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  High levels of integrity and loyalty
  
  
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  Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
  
  
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  Ability to work under pressure