Renal Receptionist Coordinator

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, flexible and motivated individual to join our Renal team as a Unit Receptionist Co-ordinator
We have a Unit Receptionist Coordinator - Job-share opportunity working 22.5 hrs per week within our Renal Unit team, Mon, Tues & Fri.
You will be required to provide an efficient, effective and friendly reception service to patients and visitors attending the dialysis unit, facilitating the delivery of a patient focused service in accordance with Trust and Division requirements. To be responsible for the day to day supervision of staff and co-ordination of the reception service. To provide comprehensive clerical and administrative support to the multi-disciplinary team, maintaining high standards within the working environment., Responsible for the provision of administrative services .
Register patients on Patient Administration system for new starters, ensuring all demographic and episode details are recorded on the system.
Use patient administration system and other Trust Applications required supporting the patient's pathway. Duties include checking and updating patient lists.
When appropriate arrange ambulance transport for patients.
Responsible for dealing with queries via telephone or face to face promptly and efficiently to ensure that an accurate and quality information service is provided to the multi-disciplinary team, patients and their relatives.
Complete general administration tasks, ensuring continuity of service is maintained - including filing, photocopying, fault reporting, completion of the transport request book, GP and transcribing clinic letters, arrangement of patient follow up appointments, ensuring tests/investigations are correctly completed.
Takes responsibility on a daily basis ensuring transport is booked.
Undertakes the mentoring and training of staff, to ensure individuals reach the required level of proficiency. Where appropriate contribute to continually improving the working practices of the ward. Responsible for the day to day supervision in a coordinator capacity to ensure the smooth delivery of the unit's reception service, to include rota changes to ensure safe staffing levels
Closing date of applications: 7 November 2024
Interview date: 21 November 2024

Band 3
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
With over 13,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.
As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.
The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it's important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.
Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme
To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.
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As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
+ Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
+ On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
+ Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
+ We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
+ We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
+ An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
+ Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
+ Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
+ We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
+ We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
+ UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff., At UHDB , we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.
For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working - working partly in the trust/partly at home.
Why don't you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what's possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.
We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.
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