PATIENT CARE NAVIGATOR inCamborne inCamborne PUBLISHED 15 NOV 2024

 PERMANENT  GOOD SALARY 
Answering all phone calls in a professional and courteous manner.

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Patient Care Navigator to join our busy, happy Team here at Godolphin Health. We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised person to carry out this role.

The post holder will be responsible for undertaking a range of tasks all related to patient information. You will require excellent customer service skills as your role will involve direct face to face contact with patients. Tasks also involve patient contact via telephone and the use of our various electronic medical information systems.

A comprehensive, more detailed Job Description is available on request.

To provide the Team with an outstanding patient reception and support service.

  • Greeting and attending to patients in person and over the phone
  • Professionally assisting doctors, staff, visitors, and patients
  • Answering all phone calls in a professional and courteous manner
  • Maintaining appointments and providing direction to people in person and on the phone
  • Performing associated clerical work and disseminating information to the relevant medical Team members. Competently using the associated software.
  • Scheduling and reorganising appointments.
  • Assisting patients with completing necessary forms and documentation, as well as ensuring that all information acquired is accurate and current

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

  • GP Surgery Experience
  • Good IT Skills
  • Excellent Customer Service Skills
  • Able to work on a Monday and a Friday
  • Ability to drive. You will be on a rota covering 2 surgery sites, that are 4.5 miles away from each other. However it is very unlikely that you will be asked to move in between Practices unless there is an urgent manning problem.

DESIRABLE SKILLS

  • Navigate the Medical Information Systems EMIS, DOCMAN & KLINIC

About us

To support the Clinical Teams in delivering an outstanding patient care reception and navigation service.


With the EMIS system

Confidently booking appointments ensuring use of correct appointment slots types and appropriate clinician. Following protocol for certain appointments i.e.: cervical smear test, imms etc. Cancelling/rearranging appointments.

Accessing patients results and informing as appropriate.

Being able to confidently mange EMIS workflow in tasks adhering to protocol and prioritising urgent requests.

Sending letters to patients using appropriate template where necessary.

Confidently liaising with staff from the wider NHS (District Nursing Team, Retinal Screening etc).

Confidently liaising with staff from the wider NHS (District Nursing Team, Retinal Screening etc).

Good knowledge of using the online portal for DN referrals (Strata)

Able to clearly and appropriately document communications from all departments on patient record

Able to add requests to ICE, print labels, check requests.

The ability to maintain waiting list spreadsheets.

Scanning via EMIS - adding to workflow or not as required


With the DOCMAN System

Being able to confidently navigate your way around the system. (Using the highlighter, forward, add comment and complete a task)

Support task co-ordinator with task list and action appropriately as required.

Being able to clearly document /inform /action workflow within the DOCMAN system.

Being able to competently scan to DOCMAN and understanding what requires adding to workflow or not.


With the KLINIK system

Navigate your way around the system.

Being able to clearly document /inform /action workflow within the KLINIK System.

Creating new KLINIK requests and directing them to the most appropriate tile.

Monitor pt response via KLINIK SMS and contact via telephone call if no response.


OTHER

Develop and maintain good working relationships with colleagues.

Develop good working relationship with patients while maintaining professional boundaries.

Possess good telephone manner and ability to appropriately action calls.

Competently action RIP protocol.

Complete open and close down procedures.

The ability to check the Navigator email account for correspondence and action appropriately.

Good knowledge of process for referral to outside agencies (healthier you, midwife, smoking cessation etc).

Maintain Bluestream E-Learning ensuring all requirements are in date.

Understanding process of incoming and outgoing post.

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Patient Care Navigator to join our busy, happy Team here at Godolphin Health. We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised person to carry out this role.

The post holder will be responsible for undertaking a range of tasks all related to patient information. You will require excellent customer service skills as your role will involve direct face to face contact with patients. Tasks also involve patient contact via telephone and the use of our various electronic medical information systems.

A comprehensive, more detailed Job Description is available on request.

To provide the Team with an outstanding patient reception and support service.

  • Greeting and attending to patients in person and over the phone
  • Professionally assisting doctors, staff, visitors, and patients
  • Answering all phone calls in a professional and courteous manner
  • Maintaining appointments and providing direction to people in person and on the phone
  • Performing associated clerical work and disseminating information to the relevant medical Team members. Competently using the associated software.
  • Scheduling and reorganising appointments.
  • Assisting patients with completing necessary forms and documentation, as well as ensuring that all information acquired is accurate and current

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

  • GP Surgery Experience
  • Good IT Skills
  • Excellent Customer Service Skills
  • Able to work on a Monday and a Friday
  • Ability to drive. You will be on a rota covering 2 surgery sites, that are 4.5 miles away from each other. However it is very unlikely that you will be asked to move in between Practices unless there is an urgent manning problem.

DESIRABLE SKILLS

  • Navigate the Medical Information Systems EMIS, DOCMAN & KLINIC

About us

To support the Clinical Teams in delivering an outstanding patient care reception and navigation service.


With the EMIS system

Confidently booking appointments ensuring use of correct appointment slots types and appropriate clinician. Following protocol for certain appointments i.e.: cervical smear test, imms etc. Cancelling/rearranging appointments.

Accessing patients results and informing as appropriate.

Being able to confidently mange EMIS workflow in tasks adhering to protocol and prioritising urgent requests.

Sending letters to patients using appropriate template where necessary.

Confidently liaising with staff from the wider NHS (District Nursing Team, Retinal Screening etc).

Confidently liaising with staff from the wider NHS (District Nursing Team, Retinal Screening etc).

Good knowledge of using the online portal for DN referrals (Strata)

Able to clearly and appropriately document communications from all departments on patient record

Able to add requests to ICE, print labels, check requests.

The ability to maintain waiting list spreadsheets.

Scanning via EMIS - adding to workflow or not as required


With the DOCMAN System

Being able to confidently navigate your way around the system. (Using the highlighter, forward, add comment and complete a task)

Support task co-ordinator with task list and action appropriately as required.

Being able to clearly document /inform /action workflow within the DOCMAN system.

Being able to competently scan to DOCMAN and understanding what requires adding to workflow or not.


With the KLINIK system

Navigate your way around the system.

Being able to clearly document /inform /action workflow within the KLINIK System.

Creating new KLINIK requests and directing them to the most appropriate tile.

Monitor pt response via KLINIK SMS and contact via telephone call if no response.


OTHER

Develop and maintain good working relationships with colleagues.

Develop good working relationship with patients while maintaining professional boundaries.

Possess good telephone manner and ability to appropriately action calls.

Competently action RIP protocol.

Complete open and close down procedures.

The ability to check the Navigator email account for correspondence and action appropriately.

Good knowledge of process for referral to outside agencies (healthier you, midwife, smoking cessation etc).

Maintain Bluestream E-Learning ensuring all requirements are in date.

Understanding process of incoming and outgoing post.



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