Bank Theatre Administrator in Leicester

Spire Leicester Hospital has an exciting opportunity for an Administrator to join the Bank team.

Our vision is to be recognised as a world class healthcare business bringing together the best people who are dedicated to developing excellent clinical environments and delivering the highest quality patient care.

Duties and responsibilities:

• To ensure the provision and maintenance of an efficient patient administration service within the hospital.
• To provide information to patients, consultants and other relevant departments in a timely and courteous manner.
• Provide and maintain an efficient bookings system for all in-patients and day cases using a computerised system (SAP).
• Develop and maintain an up-to-date and accurate knowledge of Spire and other insurers’ products, policies and initiatives.
• Liaise with pre-authorisation team or medical insurer to ensure funding is agreed prior to patient admission date.
• Respond to enquiries from patients, members of the public and consultants in a timely, courteous and efficient manner either by face to face meetings, telephone or letter.
• Ensure an accurate record of the communication is held.
• Maintain departmental electronic and manual filing systems accurately.
• Provide advice on medical coding to ensure that the hospital and consultants charge within relevant insurer guidelines.
• Process patient admission letters and any associated documentation, confirming details with patients/consultants and secretaries as appropriate.
• Liaise closely with patients, consultants and clinical teams in relation to any special requirements or individual requests.
• Practice and maintain a high standard of confidentiality at all times and exercise absolute discretion in the use of all patient/consultant/staff information.
• Provide and receive patient information, ensuring that all patient information is provided, received and recorded in accordance with the Data Protection Act and Spire policies.
• Undertake any training or development as required to acquire skills and knowledge to undertake role competently.
• Carry out any other duty that reasonably falls within the general nature and level of responsibility of the post.

Who we’re looking for:

• Good standard of secondary education with demonstrable literacy and numeracy skills.
• Track record of successful delivery in a similar role, in an office and/or customer service environment.
• Understanding of medical terminology.
• Knowledge of the healthcare market.
• Working knowledge of SAP or a similar patient booking system.

Bank colleagues are paid weekly. We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave.

Access to Spire Healthcare pension, Blue Light Card discounts, Smartspending discounts via ‘Spire for You’, Wellbeing Centre access via ‘Spire for You’, free uniform, free DBS, full induction including mandatory training updates, opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts.

Our Values: We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation: Driving clinical excellence, Doing the right thing, Caring is our passion, Keeping it simple, Succeeding and celebrating together. We commit to our employees’ well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.