Job summary
Employer heading
Radiology Receptionist
NHS AfC: Band 2
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Job overview
The receptionist role is essential to ensure the efficient pathway flow of patients through the Radiology department. This post is part of a pool of staff who will help to cover all Radiology reception desks. Without sufficient reception staff we are unable to support 7 day working that is essential to achieve waiting time KPI's.
The receptionists also cover the back office to include courtesy calling and admin tasks relevant to the post.
Main duties of the job
Radiology receptionists ensure patient information is up to date and accurate on both Radiology and Trust wide information systems. They are a further pause in the process for positive patient identification and help to highlight patient ID queries which supports IRMER compliance.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The reception post is the first point of contact for patients, clinicians, and visitors to the department. The Radiology service requires a professional, polite, and confident individual who can demonstrate confidentiality at all times.
Responsibilities include liaising with clinical staff regarding patient arrival times and safety information, and receiving enquiries by various methods of media, including telephone, email and an internal intercom system.
The candidate must ensure all reception tasks are completed accurately using the electronic computer system CRIS. Attending patients in real time for their appointments and record and escalate queries comprehensively to the administration and clinical staff.
In addition, responsible for various administration tasks to include follow up communication with patients that have failed to attend appointments, courtesy calls and monitoring the waiting room to ensure patients are accommodated in a timely manner.
Essential qualities required are a team player, flexible approach and the ability to work proactively - at times using one’s own initiative. The candidate will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with customer care experience.
Radiology is a busy patient centred department and this position will work as part of an administration and clerical team, with good peer group support and appropriate training provided as necessary.
Experience of working with hospital software is advantageous.
Please note that this post is subject to a 6-month probationary period.
Person specification
Quality
Essential criteria
- Good general level of education
- Intermediate level of IT knowledge & Microsoft applications
- Customer care experience
Desirable criteria
- NHS experience
- Hospital computer system experience
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gabriela Villena-Vega
- Job title
- Radiology Admin Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865223083
- Additional information
Should you wish to visit the Radiology department, please contact the Radiology Admin Manager - Gabriela Villena-Vega.
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