Admin officer SPOA Dietetics

The Dietetic single point of access referral to book is a busy, fast pace service with a high volume of different Dietetic specialty clinics and domiciliary visits to manage. The post would suit candidates that enjoy working in this type of environment.
The main duties of this role is to ensure the safe and efficient management of Dietetic outpatient referrals from receipt of referral to booking of patient's first appointment.
The role is computer based so good IT skills are essential.
The department runs on the EMIS patient record and booking system. Experience working with patient electronic record systems/booking systems is desirable.

Working for our organisation
The Dietetic single point of access referal to book team is based at Brierfield Health Centre with the community Dietetic team.
The single point of access referral to book team is a friendly team made up of 6 staff - 1 team administrator and 5 administrators. The team has support from the Dietetic Admin Lead as well as the wider Dietetic Management Team and Clinical Leads.
The Dietetic Department is one of the biggest in the region and has multiple bases across East Lancashire. The department covers a wide geographical patch across East Lancashire covering both inpatient and out patients services. The team manages all the Dietetic outpatient referrals., registering referrals
- sending out opt in letters
- taking telephone calls to book patient choice Dietetic appointments
- answering patient telephone queries regarding appointments
- booking clinic rooms
- supporting the referral to book process and data collection and quality
Informal inquiries welcome
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At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work., The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.
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We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

We are looking for an administrator to join our Dietetic single point of access referral to book team on a temporary post for 6 months
The post is Monday to Friday 8.30am till 4.30pm each day and is based at Brierfield Health Centre.