Receptionist - ED / UCC / Minor Injuries

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has a busy thriving Emergency Department and 2 Urgent Care Centre's & a Minor injuries unit. We are currently seeking a highly motivated individual to join the reception team
The Emergency Department/Urgent Care has a busy 24 hour reception area, dealing with all patients arriving at the hospital via GP surgeries, Ambulance or self-referral.
We currently have a vacancy for a receptionist over 7 days. We offer a supportive environment within an enthusiastic and motivated team of Admin and medical staff. This post will require you to work at Royal Blackburn Hospital, Burnley Urgent care Centre & Accrington Minor Injuries Unit.
We are currently seeking a highly motivated individual to join the Reception team in the Emergency Department/Urgent Care, which is operational 24 hours a day, seven days per week.
The post holder will be expected to provide cover for sickness/absence, rostered bank holidays, and shift pattern times would alter according to the needs of the service.
Previous applicants need not apply, The post holder will work as a member of a team of Receptionists providing a customer orientated reception service to the public and administration service to clinical team in a busy fast paced service. This includes accurately inputting and updating patient details onto hospital systems and checking national databases as part of the registration process. A key part of this role also includes liaising with patients, relatives, medical, nursing and other stakeholders professionally, courteously and efficiently., 1) To navigate/streamline patients presenting with illness or injury to the appropriate service.
2) To create and maintain highly sensitive and confidential UCC/ED/MIU Record Cards for all patients, retrieval of cards and oversee efficient operation of the units filing system.
3) Ensure accurate recording of patient's demographics and personal details onto Cerner in accordance with Departmental Procedures and print Record Card to relevant station for Nursing Staff.
4) Print wristbands when booking patients into the department
5) Photocopying of patient record for other health care professionals as per Child Protection guidelines.
6) Scanning/emailing of confidential patient records to various departments.
7) Implement manual procedures if there is a system failure and report any faults to the IT Department.
9) Schedule, prepare and notify appointments for Clinic's, retrieval of patient record Cards for daily Dressings Clinic which involves close liaison with clinicians, implementing and updating Cerner documentation as appropriate. Registering/arriving patients on the Cerner system when arriving for daily Dressings Clinic
10) Schedule, prepare and notify appointments for Fracture Clinics, ENT Clinics, Eye Clinics, TIA Clinics, Urology Clinics and Acute Medicine Clinics, and prepare patient records for relevant clinics.
11) To cancel and rebook appointments liaising with patient.
12) Liaise with triage nurse/nursing staff when appropriate, informing them of any patient giving them cause for concern.
13) Good understanding of medical terminology.
14) Liaise with other health care professionals on site and other hospitals to arrange appropriate patient appointments.
15) Completion of relevant paperwork, obtaining of x-rays if necessary, and other appropriate documentation.
16) Recording, collation and calculation of daily, weekly, monthly statistics and faxing/photocopying to relevant departments.
17) Copy and prepare patient records for solicitors, retrieval and photocopy relevant information and complete necessary paperwork. Enter patient episodes onto Datix system
18) Responsible for the out-of-hours crash bleep to open the emergency doors upon Instruction from switchboard
19) Responsible for monitoring and admitting ambulance crew upon arrival with Patients
20) Maintain a manual register for patient tracking
21) Check the national CPIS system (Child protection information sharing system) for every child up to the age of 18 that attends the department & inform nursing staff to any alerts.
22) Prep & Scan every ECG'S upon discharge to the windip system & also retrieve the notes when requested by clinicians

Your main base on appointment will be at the Royal Blackburn Hospital however you will be required to work on a temporary or permanent basis at any of the three sites (Accrington Victoria Hospital Minor Injuries Unit/Burnley UCC ) depending on the needs of the service.
A confident communicator, at all levels with the ability to display outstanding customer care skills. Excellent keyboard skills are essential with experience of working quickly and accurately under pressure.
We offer a support within the role. We are an enthusiastic and motivated team of reception and medical staff. This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested., 1) To deal with general enquiries in a sensitive, emphatic manner.
2) To communicate with the general public where there maybe barrier. E.g. hard of hearing, elderly, people with learning disabilities and people whose first language is not English.
3) To be able to communicate with tact and diplomacy in situations where people may be upset, angry and injured.
4) To have the ability to diffuse conflict/confrontational/stressful situations and be familiar with and adhere to the Complaints Procedure.
5) To arrange when necessary an interpreter/translator for patients who require communication assistance.
6) To direct the general public and patients to appropriate departments.
7) To deal with general telephone enquiries from staff, patients and general public.
8) To supply general information to public/patients relating to various departments and agencies.
9) Operation of public address system on request.

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., Established in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.
Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements., It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
+ Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
+ This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
+ Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
+ Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.
Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)
If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained.
The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.
The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £42.90 and for a Standard Disclosure £22.90 which includes a small handling fee.
This cost is not applicable for a Volunteer post
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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.
We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve.
We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background.
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.