Admissions Officer

Reference

PRI75265

Location

Priory Hospital Barnt Green

Priory Group Division

Healthcare

Vacancy Type

Permanent - Full Time

Salary

£20,373

Hours

37.5

Job Advert - Division Information

WE ARE LOOKING FOR TALENTED PEOPLE LIKE YOU!!

Knowing that you’re making a difference to people’s lives is rewarding in itself. But our many roles offer much more than that. As well as helping you grow and develop your talent, we want you to feel proud of where you work and what you do.

Job Advert Location Description

Priory Hospital Barnt Green is located in the stunning Lickey Hills Country Park, 10 miles south of Birmingham City Centre. We have thirty-three beds across three wards including ten NHS Psychiatric Intensive Care beds for women, thirteen NHS acute beds for men and women and ten private beds for men and women. In addition to providing inpatient services, the hospital has a large Outpatient department and regional conference facilities.

The acute wards on site provides patients with excellent space and facilities, including en-suite bedrooms and large living spaces furnished with activity equipment such as games consoles.

Outside of the wards, a purpose built therapy suite contains a rehabilitation kitchen for patient cooking sessions, and a sessional therapy room. The hospital is set in the centre of an extensive nature reserve, which contains an abundance of flora & fauna. The site also has areas for outside sports activity.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a new team, in a brand new hospital located in a beautiful setting.

 

Job Advert Role Description

The Priory Hospital Barnt Green seeks a new Admissions Officer to join their team.

As the Admissions Officer you will provide a bed management function ensuring a smooth and timely process for all prospective clients wanting to start their journey; whether this be as an inpatient, outpatient or day patient.

You will need great communication skills as it will be a daily task to liaise closely with referrers, commissioning bodies, Consultant Psychiatrists, hospital Senior Management and Admissions Team.

You will coordinate all bed moves, room changes, admissions and discharges assisted by highly skilled multi-disciplinary teams (MDT).

The successful candidate should be professional at all times

 

Excellent Communication, Inter-personal and Customer Service skills are essential.

 

Competent use and knowledge of IT systems database and accurate keyboard skills

 

Maths, English GCSE at grades A to C or equivalent functional skills level 2 evidence.

 

Proficient in the use of a PC, including the use of software and systems

 

Good working knowledge of Excel

 

Having extensive knowledge of Microsoft packages is vital as all the daily information and tasks are retained for auditing and reports.

 

Previous administration skills essential

 

Attention to detail is essential.

 

In return for your expertise and hard work, we offer a wide range of benefits including:

•           25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

•           A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP)

•           Life Assurance

•           Subsidised meals while on duty

•           Carefirst – Employee Assistance Services

•           Continuous learning and development

•           Career development

•           An employee assistance programme

•           Free car parking

•          Online Benefits Portal and Cashback Schemes

 

Due to limits on sponsorship allocations, we are not currently in a position to offer sponsorship to new candidates for these roles, this remains under review

Division DBS info

About us

As one of the UK’s leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services, Priory promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world class organisation willing to invest in your development. 

Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.

Priory maintains that vaccination remains our very best line of defence against COVID-19 and believes that our colleagues working with vulnerable individuals have a professional duty to be vaccinated.  As part of our wider infection control efforts, and to meet our commissioner and customer requirements, we continue to record vaccination status for all colleagues and we therefore request that you disclose this information as part of your application. Your vaccination status will not affect any offer of employment and will be held in line with GDPR requirements.  We thank you for your understanding. 

Disclosure

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory will cover the cost of a DBS check.

Job Description

Admissions_Officer.pdf

Closing Date

31/03/2023