Administrator/Receptionist

Job overview

Unfortunately this role does not attract sponsorship under current government legislation, therefore if you require a certificate of sponsorship to support a visa application, we will be unable to proceed with your application.

To undertake the full range of secretarial duties and to create patient letters on the electronic patient record PARIS, including typing patient assessments and prioritising urgent clinical letters. To provide a professional and courteous telephone answering service within the CAMHS Reception to welcome children, adolescents, parents, staff and professionals; ensuring that all telephone calls into the CAMHS Service are coordinated and dealt with professionally and in a timely manner. Liaising with families who may be distressed or emotional on the phone; ensuring confidentiality is strictly maintained.

Main duties of the job

To provide cover in Reception to coordinate all the telephone calls coming into the CAMHS department in a courteous, caring and polite manner which includes problem solving queries and taking messages for the team’s administration and clinical staff. Responding to the messages via email or verbally liaising with the relevant staff and professionals.

• To create case notes on electronic patient record PARIS upon receiving messages from patients, parents, staff and professionals conversations that need to be recorded.
• To upload electronic clinical documentation including care documents, and anything that requires uploading on to the electronic patient record PARIS.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To undertake the full range of secretarial duties, create patient letters on the electronic patient record PARIS, including typing patient assessments and prioritising urgent clinical letters. • To monitor and order stationery and clinical stock items for the department as and when required in a timely manner and within defined budgets.

Applicant requirements

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.