Care Navigator/Receptionist
| Posting date: | 20 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £12.71 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £12.71 an hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 January 2026 |
| Location: | Coventry, CV3 2JF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A5466-26-0226 |
Summary
Duties and Responsibilities Telephone Duties 1. Dealing with appointment and administration requests using AccuRx template 2. Signposting patients to various NHS and other providers as appropriate 3. Giving out test results in line with surgery policy 4. Dealing with general enquiries by telephone and face to face 5. Taking and recording clinical messages for members of the practice team 6. Taking the initiative when required to instruct patients to call 999 when symptoms fall within the emergency protocol Care Navigator Duties 8. Greeting and directing patients and visitors around the building, ensuring GDPR visitor paperwork is completed and signed in. 9. Making appointments in line with the protocols laid down for the various clinical grades 10. Handing out and processing prescriptions and checking validity of medication and requests 11. Ensure outstanding queries are explained and handed over to next shift, as necessary 12. Respond to needs of Triage Team, Doctors and Nurses during surgery 13. Collect payments from patients for NHS and non-NHS services 14. Deal with general enquiries and complaints via telephone, email, texts and face to face following the SOP. 15. General housekeeping (e.g. dealing with any bodily accidents in the waiting room) maintain notice boards 16. Observe health and safety and infection control guidelines at all times 17. To act as a Chaperone to clinical staff if and when needed (training will be provided). Prescriptions 18. Dealing with requests for repeat prescriptions in line with Dispensing protocol 19. Medication deliveries recording and putting away as per the SOP. Administration 20. Input and extract patient information from Practice computer system (EMIS Web) also using other in-house software systems. 21. Ensure Mandatory training is kept up-to-date. 22. To amend change of addresses on patient record and scanning into patient notes, patient online services, temporary residents 23. To open, scan and code incoming post as required using Docman software 24. To support the admin team with medical records from PCSE to ensure new registrations are complete and correct and to register patients onto the EMIS system accordingly and scan on all paperwork relating to the new patient. 25. To work at both Kenyon Medical Centre sites as a Care Navigator covering all aspects of working front of house. 26. Any other duties as requested commensurate with the grade.