Patient Experience Clerk - Outpatients

Job summary

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We are looking for a Patient Experience Clerk to join our team here at the Great Western Hospital.

You will develop and maintain an effective, friendly and professional clinic administration service for patients and staff, ensuring clinics are administered according to best practice with appropriate staffing levels and efficient use of resources. Working closely with the Outpatient Management team, you will continually improve service delivery liaising with key stakeholders through effective staff and process management and control.

At the time of advertising, this role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. For this reason, we are unable to sponsor anyone for a skilled worker visa for this role. We are happy to accept applications from candidates who can prove their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes. Such applications will be considered alongside all other applications.

Main duties of the job

• Operationally responsible for the delivery day to day key performance indicators for the unit, in line with divisional and organisational goals and targets, including delivery of national targets like 18-weeks Referral to Treatment.
• Be the custodian of a brilliant experience for all our patients, Role Model through excellent customer service skills at all points of patient engagement a warm and engaging interaction with asmile at all times
• Operationally responsible for day-to-day delivery and implementation of departmental proceduresliaising with other management groups & departments to ensure processes meet the needs of services, divisions and the organisation.
• Responsible for the standard and quality of the Outpatient Administration, requesting, analysing and acting on information relating to general performance activity and quality, and takingcorrective action where appropriate to meet the required standards or improve quality

About us

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people. We are creating a heath and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

Job responsibilities

• Use waiting lists, on hold reports and other patient tracking reports, to direct outpatient administrators to book outpatient appointments in line with the Trusts Elective Access, Booking and Choice Policy, monitoring booking performance against key performance indicators.
• Work with service leads to ensure Referral to Treatment (RTT) performance targets are met and patients are booked in order of chronology or clinical necessity and in accordance with the TrustsElective Access, Booking and Choice of Day policy and departmental Standard Operating Procedures.
• Check all patient demographics at clinic attendance, updating changes on the patient administration system and administering overseas patient payment forms.
• Manage follow up patient wait list for service by validating the Validation tool completing a test your knowledge and completing and submitting the information to the automation team within theagreed time frame.

Please see the attached job description for full information

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE3 or above including Maths and English
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Evidence of Health & Safety training
• Educated to NVQ Level 3
• Willingness to undertake NHS specific IT system training including Medway clinic template maintenance, case-note tracking, patient transport system

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of significant administrative experience within a customer focused environment.
• Experience and understanding of outpatient services and performance indicators
• Experience in implementing NHS policies and guidelines relevant to outpatient services
• Evidence of successful process design and implementation
• Proven experience of developing administrative processes, analysing information, and report writing

Desirable

• Past experience of working in an area specialising in healthcare appointment making