Reception Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

Administration

• Oversee and orgainise the workload in reception
• Attend staff meetings
• Oversee weekly scheduled list and extension of appointment books on computer is carried out accurately.

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Information technology

• Have full understanding of appointment system
• Have a working knowledge of all software and hardware
• Maintain In Touch patient information system
• Deal with IT problems in the absence of the assistant practice manager
• Train staff in use of system

• Have a clear understanding of telephone systems, daytime and out of hours
• Assist with remodeling and room moves as required
• Understand security systems alarms & cameras

• Ensure communication systems are running smoothly, clinicians, reception and administration staff are kept fully informed of changes in procedures
• Assist with production and upkeep of practice procedures manual
• Manage paperwork systems including post, internal and external
• Act as a central source of information

• Health and safety
• Co-ordinate voluntary agencies
• Arrange gifts and cards for staff leaving, marriages, births

Confidentiality:

• While seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
• In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
• Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Health & safety:

The post-holder will implement and lead on the full range of promotion and management their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

• Ensuring job holders across the practice adhere to their individual responsibilities for infection control and health and safety, using a system of observation, audit and check, hazard identification, questioning, reporting and risk management.
• Maintain and up to date knowledge of health and safety and infection control statutory and best practice guidelines and ensure implementation across the business
• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across the business
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards, and initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed
• Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
• Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers
• Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually)
• Routine management of own team / team areas, and maintenance of workspace standards

Equality and Diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers, and colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers, and colleagues
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/professional development:

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
• Effectively manage own time, workload, and resources

Communication:

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers
• Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Contribution to the implementation of services:

The post-holder will:

• Apply practice policies, standards, and guidance
• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
• Participate in audit where appropriate

Person Specification

Experience

• EDUCATION
• QUALIFICATIONS Good level of education to GCSE standard or equivalent.
• A demonstrable commitment to professional development Recognised qualification to diploma level or above
• EXPERIENCE Demonstrable experience of people management
• Appraisal systems
• Budgets and finance, spreadsheets, accounts
• Experience of using a clinical system
• Experience of Microsoft Office software
• Experience of dealing with the public/patients Employment Law, Health & Safety, employment contracts
• KNOWLEDGE SKILLS Advanced numeracy skills
• Excellent keyboard and computer skills
• Excellent communication skills
• A solutions focused approach
• Excellent communication (oral and written) and inter personal skills
• Ability to listen and empathise
• Delegation
• Competent to manage IT systems/networks
• Managing upwards
• Good time management
• Problem solving
• Negotiating
• Able to manage change
• Networking
• Facilitation
• Managing conflict Competent with use of office IT
• QUALITIES & ATTRIBUTES
• An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
• Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense
• Ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities
• Ability to work as part of an integrated multi-skilled team
• Pleasant and articulate
• Able to work under pressure
• Able to work in a changing environment
• Able to use own initiative
• Ability to self-motivate, organise and prioritise own workload
• Empathy for the healthcare/public service environment
• Self motivating able to work with minimal direction
• Adaptable, innovative, forward looking
• Enthusiasm, with energy and drive
• Gains respect by example and leadership
• Honest, caring and sympathetic
• Strategic thinking with vision
• Good sense of humour
• Hard working, reliable and resourceful
• Considered, steady approach
• Diplomacy
• OTHERFlexibility of working hours/ able to work at the desired timesCheckable employment history > 3 years
• Evidence of recent self-directed learning or development.

Employer details

Employer name

Fern House Surgery

Address

125/129

Newland Street

Witham

Essex

CM8 1BH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://fernhousesurgery.co.uk