Job summary
Employer heading
Administrator/Epidemiology coordinator
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
To ensure efficient and effective administrative support for Buckinghamshire Priority Dental Service.
To be the Administrator Support for Processing of Invoices and Orders for Milton Keynes and provide clerical support for the Dental Epidemiology Department.
Main duties of the job
- To ensure efficient and effective administrative support for Buckinghamshire Priority Dental Service
- Lead Administrator for BASCD, school screening and epidemiology, supporting the BASCD lead with Data Cleaning, also assisting the Dental Team with administrative duties and during school visit
- Procurement operational duties such as: No PO No Pay, Non catalogue or setting up a new supplier requests.
- Processing of stationery orders and maintaining adequate stocks
- Processing Dental Referrals and maintaining referral database. Follow Local Operating Procedures with regards to Out of Area referrals. To obtain essential missing data using NHS SPINE, adhering to strict user guidelines/protocol
- Processing of rejected referrals in a timely manner, following Local Operating Procedures.
- Processing of internal referrals and maintaining referral database, following Local Operating Procedures.
- Provide the Reception support if needed due to staffing issues.
- Ensure appropriate and timely secretarial and admin support available for clinical staff in order to maximise the clinical capacity of those staff e.g. support for letter writing, typing up of clinical protocols and policies
- Organise, attend and minute staff meetings and other meetings as required, photocopying and circulating documents as necessary
Working for our organisation
- Maintain the highest standards of care and service, taking responsibility not only for the care you personally provide, but also for your wider contribution to the aims of your team and the NHS as a whole.
- Be aware of and follow at all times the relevant National and Local code of practice in relation to their role and function. If you are in a post that requires registration with a professional body you are required to maintain that registration with the appropriate professional body.
- Protect the confidentiality of personal information that you hold unless to do so would put any one at risk of significant harm. Keep accurate and professional records and information about staff, patients and clinical care, using the document based and computer based systems in operation in the Trust. Work in accordance with local policies and procedures and the statutory frameworks which govern confidentiality and data protection, information-sharing and disclosure.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To ensure efficient and effective administrative support for Buckinghamshire Priority Dental Service
- Lead Administrator for BASCD, school screening and epidemiology, supporting the BASCD lead with Data Cleaning, also assisting the Dental Team with administrative duties and during school visit
- Procurement operational duties such as: No PO No Pay, Non catalogue or setting up a new supplier requests.
- Processing of stationery orders and maintaining adequate stocks
- Processing Dental Referrals and maintaining referral database. Follow Local Operating Procedures with regards to Out of Area referrals. To obtain essential missing data using NHS SPINE, adhering to strict user guidelines/protocol
- Processing of rejected referrals in a timely manner, following Local Operating Procedures.
- Processing of internal referrals and maintaining referral database, following Local Operating Procedures.
- Provide the Reception support if needed due to staffing issues.
- Ensure appropriate and timely secretarial and admin support available for clinical staff in order to maximise the clinical capacity of those staff e.g. support for letter writing, typing up of clinical protocols and policies
- Organise, attend and minute staff meetings and other meetings as required, photocopying and circulating documents as necessary
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RSA 3 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Relevant NVQ to level 3
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of Microsoft Office
- Experience of working with databases including Excel to Input, store, modify, structure, maintain & present data & information
- Experience of transcribing from written draft or dictation
- Experience of minute taking
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of working with a medical or dental team
- Experience of dental software, preferably R4
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable computer skills including Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint
- Capable of accurate data entry
- Able to transcribe from written draft or dictation
- 40+ words per minute.
- Excellent spelling and grammar
- Ability to work as a team
- Proficient in transmission of information, face to face, on the telephone and via other means
- Excellent organisational skills
- Good time management skills
- Ability to prioritise & plan own workload to meet deadlines & competing demands
- Able to deal positively with range of problems from members of the public and professionals.
- Ability to develop & maintain high standards of communication both orally and in writing with people about difficult matters & / in difficult situations
Personal disposition
Essential criteria
- Willing to develop own skills & knowledge
- Ability to maintain quality in own work
- Willingness to travel to different locations to undertake role effectively
Desirable criteria
- Car driver and use of car
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Keri Stephenson
- Job title
- Dental Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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