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Appointment Booking Centre Clerk

On-site in Birmingham·Full-time·Added today (last checked 3 Nov)

Our summary

Salary
£25,760 - £27,476 a year

About £1,840 - £1,940 a month after tax.

Work mode
On-site, Birmingham
Contract
Permanent, full-time hours
Closing date
Apply by Thursday 12 November

Skills

Nice to have

The role

  • To provide comprehensive administration services to support all functions of the Appointment Booking Centre
  • To deliver an effective call centre and booking management service supporting patients and patient carers through the patient pathway for a range of clinical services
  • The post holder will be required to undertake a range of tasks working in a busy, fast-paced environment. Tasks include accurate data input, booking outpatient appointments, booking interpreters, the use of electronic call handling systems, the use of processes and procedures relating to Patient Access and Booking processes and involvement in service improvement projects on an ad hoc basis. 
  • The post holder is required to ensure that all duties are carried out to a high professional standard whilst delivering a friendly, patient-centred service.

What you'll do

To communicate with a wide range of people, including patients, carers, GPs, clinicians, work colleagues and other professionals on a range of matters on a daily basis. This communication could be verbal, written or electronic.

Essential criteria

  • NVQ level 2 or equivalent knowledge and experience.
  • Educated to GCSE or equivalent level - English & Mathematics
  • Good telephone manner
  • Good communication & inter-personal skills
  • Experience in administrative / clerical role
  • Experience in patient focused or custom service role
  • Ability to make decisions on situations/courses of action which require analysis
  • Knowledge and Understanding of the Data protection act 1998 and patient confidentiality
  • ECDL or equivalent qualifications
  • Demonstrable ability use MS Office packages
  • Ability to self-motivate and work without supervision as required
  • Ability to concentrate frequently when inputting data and answering queries
  • Ability to deal sensitively and compassionately with patient / carers / colleagues as necessary
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including verbal and written communication
  • Team player
  • Articulate, methodical and able to work well within a team.
  • Willing to learn and develop work role in line with performance development expectations
  • Committed to undertaking training to fulfil the requirements of the role
  • Ability to work to deadlines and multi-task
  • Ability to remain calm under pressure

Desirable criteria

  • Knowledge of hospital departments / NHS administrative processes
  • Knowledge and experience of the e-Referral system / NHS Access Targets
  • Knowledge of patient administration IT systems

About Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS

Industry
Health and social care

In their own words

About the company & team

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centered care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care. 

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Additional information

Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.  

Please note, visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles in line with current UKVI regulations. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for sponsorship before submitting your application. If you would like more information, please visit: UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

We understand that some applicants may choose to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in preparing their application materials. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind candidates that all submissions must be truthful and accurately reflect your own experiences and suitability for this role. Personal integrity and authenticity are central to our recruitment process. We value honesty and appreciate applications that are genuine and representative of the individual behind them. 

Applications that rely too heavily on AI tools can appear generic and lack the detail we need to assess your skills and experience. Such applications will unlikely be progressed to interview.

BWC is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive environment for those with a disability, long term health or mental health condition. The Disability Confident scheme means we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities, long term health or mental health conditions, and we want to ensure our recruitment practices are inclusive and accessible to all.  Our aim is to get the best out of every individual and if successful for interview, you will be asked if you require any reasonable adjustments (special requirements). We will strive to support and accommodate these requests where possible. 

As a Trust employee you are required to comply with all legislation and guidance relating to safeguarding children and adults with care and support needs, and promoting their health and welfare. You are required to inform the Head of Safeguarding of any safeguarding concerns about your own children or children you live with. This information will be treated in a confidential manner. 

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

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