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Recovery Worker

apartmentTurning PointplaceHereford
At Turning Point, we have been supporting people for 60years.As a Recovery Worker within theHerefordshire Recovery Service, you’ll make a real difference asyou empower and enable people to change.As a Recovery Worker we offer a startingsalary of £24,150 rising each year in line with our pay progress...
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Change Manager

apartmentLevick StanleyplaceBristol, 42 mi from Hereford
Finance Change Manager Location: Bristol (In the office 3 days per week) Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 FTC or permanent A leading housing and accommodation provider is hiring for a Finance Change Manager. The finance change manager will be stepping...
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Change Manager - GDS

apartmentNinetechplaceCardiff, 43 mi from Hereford
My client, a digital consultancy, are looking for a Change Manager with strong GDS experience for initial 6 month contract. This role is paying upto £450 P/D OUTSIDE OF IR35 Requires 2 days a week on site in Cardiff My high profile Government...
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Project & Change Manager

apartmentExcel RecruitmentplaceCardiff, 43 mi from Hereford
A non-profit organisation is looking to recruit a Project & Change Manager to support the implementation of a new HR/Payroll and Finance system, ensuring a smooth transition between the old and new processes. Key Responsibilities of the Project...
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Business Change Manager

apartmentYolk RecruitmentplaceCardiff, 43 mi from Hereford
Yolk Recruitment Public Sector and Not-for-Profit is proud to be working with a trade union with a membership of over half a million nurses, midwives, nursing support workers and students, to appoint a Business Change Manager for this full-time, 12...
apartmentLevick StanleyplaceBristol, 42 mi from Hereford
Finance Change Manager Location: Bristol (In the office 3 days per week) FTC or permanent A leading housing and accommodation provider is hiring for a Finance Change Manager. The finance change manager will be stepping into an ambitious...
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Receptionist (Maternity Cover) - General Practice

NHS Jobs | Hereford | findajob.dwp.gov.uk |
Duties & Responsibilities:
 •  Administration: To have a thorough knowledge of all Practice procedures To work in accordance with written protocols Filing post in medical records via Docman system Photocopy and e
 •  mail as requested Ensure courier takes all documentation and samples at the appropriate time Open and distribute incoming mail.

Reception: Ensure an effective and efficient reception service is provided to patients and any other visitors to the Practice Deal with all general enquiries, explain procedures and make new and follow-up appointments Using your own judgement and communication skills ensure that patients with no prior appointment but who need urgent consultation are seen in a logical and non-disruptive manner Explain Practice arrangements and formal requirements to new patients and those seeking temporary cover and ensure procedures are completed Handing completed repeat prescriptions to patients and checking names and addresses Be able to cover all reception position as necessary Prepare lists and notes for all surgeries and clinics held, ensuring completion of all associated paperwork.

Appointments: Process appointment requests for today and future appointments from patients by telephone and in person Enter requests for home visits into the visits book, ensuring careful recording of all relevant details and where necessary refer to Duty Doctor.

Computer: Registrations of new patients

 •  computer data entry and medical records Process patient's change of address
 •  computer data and medical records (have knowledge of Practice area) Telephone: Receive and make telephone calls as required.

Divert calls and take messages, ensuring accuracy of detail and prompt appropriate delivery Have working knowledge of telephone/bleep system, during and after hours.

Other tasks: Open up premises at the start of the day when first to arrive, de-activate alarm and make all the necessary preparations to receive patients Ensure all health and safety checks are undertaken within the desired timescales as indicated in the Practice's Health & Safety Policy When last to leave at the end of the day, ensure that the building is totally secured, internal lights are off, all electrical equipment has been turned off and the alarm activated Make and serve refreshments for the doctors Confidentiality: In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters.

They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.
In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers.
They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation.
All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice Policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety: The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of their own and others' health and safety and infection control as defined in the Practice's Health & Safety Policy, the Practice's Health & Safety Manual, and the Practice's Infection Control Policy and published procedures.

This will include (but is not limited to): Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards Actively reporting of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised Keeping own work areas and general/patient areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of the post-holder's role Undertaking periodic infection control training Reporting potential risks identified Equality & Diversity: The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include: Acting in a way that recognises the importance of people's rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional Development: The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work Attendance at the quarterly Protected Time Meetings Attendance at all mandatory and statutory training requirements as indicated by the Practice Manager.

Quality: The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will: Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision whilst embracing the Practice's ethos of recording any errors or near misses, and learning by mistakes without blame Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities, and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team's performance Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients' needs Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Communication: The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to: Communicate effectively with other team members Communicate effectively with patients and carers Recognise people's needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services: The post-holder will: Apply all Practice policies, standards and guidance Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work Participate in audit where appropriate.

This job description is neither exhaustive or exclusive and will be reviewed annually in conjunction with the post-holder at the annual appraisal.
The post-holder is also required to carry out any duties that may reasonably be requested by the Partners, Practice Manager or Assistant Practice Manager.