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Job summary

Main area
Access Booking & Choice
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 37.4 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Job ref
241-910DS-24
Employer
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Bolton Hospital - Musgrave House
Town
Bolton
Salary
£23,615 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/12/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust logo

Clerical Officer

NHS AfC: Band 2

 


 

Job overview

We are looking to appoint an individual to work in the Access Booking & Choice Department at Bolton Hospital. 

Candidates must be highly motivated and able to multi-task in a busy administration office. Excellent communication skills are essential as you will be expected to work with a diverse range of people. Good IT skills and attention to detail are also a must; we aim to deliver a high standard of service to our patients and medical team. The department oversees a high volume workload, so you must be able to demonstrate experience of meeting deadlines. The ability to work effectively as part of a team is essential.

As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Worker route we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration. After carefully reviewing this role, we do not believe that this position meets the requirements for sponsorship. For details on eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the gov.uk website Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Main duties of the job

Booking hospital transport for patients requiring transport to hospital

·         Run off all clinical correspondence and put letters through the paper folding machine

·         Put all appointment confirmation letters through the paper folding machine

·         Delivery rounds 1 and 2 – drop off referral letters for triage and pick up once triaged, distributing to relevant team trays per specialty

·         Stationery ordering

·         3 day turnaround printing – printing from Electronic Referral System

·         Post and faxes – distribute to relevant team trays per specialty

·         Team Email accounts – booking FU appointments

·         Team NHS.NET account – printing new referral letters and adding referral/waiting list onto LE2.2

·         Ward discharges – booking follow up appointments

·         Choose and Book Referrals for review (Worklists) – printing from Electronic Referral System

·         Printing appointment confirmation letters – from LE2.2

·         Filing booked referrals in date order ready for taking over to Health Records prepping

·         Inputting referrals, waiting lists onto the system

·         Booking patients from the waiting lists (manual referrals) – ringing, agreeing/confirming appointments/cancelling  with the patient – eg therapies, ante-natal, oral surgery

·         Adding cardio cards to LE2.2 – referral , waiting list & booking

Working for our organisation

The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of our people and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff have joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. Staff are valued and we can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

·         Run off all clinical correspondence and put letters through the paper folding machine

·         Put all appointment confirmation letters through the paper folding machine

·         Delivery rounds 1 and 2 – drop off referral letters for triage and pick up once triaged, distributing to relevant team trays per specialty

·         Stationery ordering

·         3 day turnaround printing – printing from Electronic Referral System

·         Post and faxes – distribute to relevant team trays per specialty

·         Team Email accounts – booking FU appointments

·         Team NHS.NET account – printing new referral letters and adding referral/waiting list onto LE2.2

·         Ward discharges – booking follow up appointments

·         Choose and Book Referrals for review (Worklists) – printing from Electronic Referral System

·         Printing appointment confirmation letters – from LE2.2

·         Filing booked referrals in date order ready for taking over to Health Records prepping

·         Inputting referrals, waiting lists onto the system

·         Booking patients from the waiting lists (manual referrals) – ringing, agreeing/confirming appointments/cancelling  with the patient – eg therapies, ante-natal, oral surgery

·         Adding cardio cards to LE2.2 – referral , waiting list & booking

Booking hospital transport for patients requiring transport to hospital

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Minimum of 4 GCSE's including English and Maths Grades C/4 and above
Desirable criteria
  • Administration/Customer Service Qualification

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Experience in an administration environment
  • Customer Service Skills
  • Knowledge of Data Protection guidelines
Desirable criteria
  • Medical records experience
  • Previous experience in a hospital/NHS environment

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines and targets
  • Accurate filing skills
  • Willing to be flexible around tasks and working hours
  • Ability to prioritise workload
  • Ability to work to standards and with a good level of attention to detail
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrate willingness to adapt to change

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerStep into healthArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Stevielee Kelly
Job title
Inpatient/Outpatient Facilitator
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01204390400
Additional information

Please ask for extension 143712

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