Irvinestown Health Centre

Job Description

Job Title:		Receptionist

Responsible to:	Practice Manager

Summary:   Responsible for the day to day running of the general administration to include general secretarial work.  Duties will be drawn from the list below and are subject to alteration from time to time.

Opening mail, answering telephone, making appointments, dealing with patients face to face, dealing with prescription requests and printing them off from the computer, photocopying

Giving test results to patients, taking and relaying telephone messages, diverting calls to correct extensions.

Complete the necessary paperwork for change of addresses.

Registration of all new patients and babies, forward information to BSO.

Amalgamate new patient notes on arrival, if appropriate.

Update computer with new patient data.

Forward medical notes on request from BSO

Scanning patient letters into computerised records

THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POST ARE NOT MEANT TO BE DEFINITIVE NOR RESTRICTIVE AND WILL BE MODIFIED TO MEET CHANGING NEEDS.  THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES MAY BE REVIEWED TO REFLECT THESE CHANGES.