Appointments, scheduling, and capacity management:
To deal with all new patient chemotherapy referrals from clinicians, ensuring that the first chemotherapy treatment is scheduled within Cancer Waiting Times targets
To liaise directly with the patient regarding their treatment, providing information and reassurance and managing patient expectations around the chemotherapy experience
To liaise with the clinical teams and nursing staff to prioritise the scheduling of new referrals
To schedule all chemotherapy treatment on the Medical Day Unit in line with local guidelines and protocols
To plan patient treatment and unit capacity efficiently, having consideration for a range of influencing factors such as the nursing staff rota, pharmacy turnaround times, availability of blood results etc
To plan ahead and to reschedule workload, when necessary, to ensure that the unit capacity is optimally utilised
To book chemotherapy prescribing clinic and treatment appointments for all patients receiving chemotherapy
Clinic management:
To plan all chemotherapy prescribing clinics, ensuing that the clinic profiles are adjusted in line with doctor availability
To pre-prepare all clinics
To manage overbooking of chemotherapy prescribing clinic
To proactively monitor chemotherapy prescribing to ensure that all chemotherapy prescriptions are pre-prescribed in line with hospital policy and liaise with individual clinicians to rectify any missing prescriptions
To arrange extra prescribing and treatment clinics to meet unusual levels of patient demand, for example after bank holidays
Tracking chemotherapy prescriptions, from confirmation to release of treatment and liaising with pharmacy regarding chemotherapy releasing status and to keep patients and nursing staff informed
Reception Duties:
To meet and greet all patients and visitors to the MDU and Centre for Urgent Care in a professional, courteous, and friendly manner
To deal calmly and sensitively with vulnerable patients and a range of difficult situations
To deal with a high volume of patients with complex needs on a daily basis, both face-to-face and over the phone
To communicate effectively with patients in relation to their use of services on the MDU, guiding patients around the Unit on arrival
To deal proactively and effectively with a wide range of enquires from clinicians, nurses and administrative colleagues, escalating to other staff when appropriate
Training:
Business Administrator Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
PMA will deiver the training - through an oline delivery method
Sessions will be delivered once a month using Microsoft Teams
Training Outcome:
Patient Service Administrator
Medical Secretary
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