Job Description

This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
The Referral Management Centre provides a high quality appointment booking, referral management and message taking service for MSK Physiotherapy, Podiatry and IMT Services.
The post requires candidates that can work with multiple IT systems such as the Choose & Book service, Patient Administrative Booking Systems and Microsoft Office packages.
Successful candidates will be expected to work flexibly to meet the service needs between the hours of: Monday-Friday 08:00 - 17:00.
Main duties of the job
The post holder must provide a consistently high level of skill involving accurate data inputting, liaising with service users, taking inbound and making outbound calls to patients to book and rearrange appointments, monitoring and processing of referrals and managing the waiting lists for different services.
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BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Details
Date posted
09 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
24,937 to 26,598 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
820-7633695-ASR-A
Job locations
1 Priestley Wharf, Holt Street
Birmingham
B7 4BN
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification
Person Specification
Qualifications / training
Essential

• Minimum 5 GCSE C and above including Maths and English
• OCR II Award/ Certificate in word processing or equivalent

Desirable

• NVQ II or equivalent in business/customer services
• oRSA III or equivalent

Experience
Essential

• Relevant office/admin experience
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Good telephone answering skills
• Ability to deal with patient queries
• Ability to liaise with colleagues in respect of patient queries

Skills/knowledge
Essential

• Experience of Windows based packages
• Ability to communicate at all levels
• Demonstrate a high level of accuracy
• Demonstrate an ability to prioritise a workload and meet deadlines
• Demonstrate an ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to develop and maintain effective office systems
• Ability to present accurate reports
• Excellent telephone manner
• Ability to use initiative to resolve basic problems
• Sound knowledge of Medical terminology

Desirable

• Knowledge of the Rio system

Personal qualities
Essential

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills
• Commitment to effective team working
• Mature and confident approach to work

Other job requirements
Essential

• Ability to be flexible with approach to work
• Ability to work as part of a team

Person Specification
Qualifications / training
Essential

• Minimum 5 GCSE C and above including Maths and English
• OCR II Award/ Certificate in word processing or equivalent

Desirable

• NVQ II or equivalent in business/customer services
• oRSA III or equivalent

Experience
Essential

• Relevant office/admin experience
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Good telephone answering skills
• Ability to deal with patient queries
• Ability to liaise with colleagues in respect of patient queries

Skills/knowledge
Essential

• Experience of Windows based packages
• Ability to communicate at all levels
• Demonstrate a high level of accuracy
• Demonstrate an ability to prioritise a workload and meet deadlines
• Demonstrate an ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to develop and maintain effective office systems
• Ability to present accurate reports
• Excellent telephone manner
• Ability to use initiative to resolve basic problems
• Sound knowledge of Medical terminology

Desirable

• Knowledge of the Rio system

Personal qualities
Essential

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills
• Commitment to effective team working
• Mature and confident approach to work

Other job requirements
Essential

• Ability to be flexible with approach to work
• Ability to work as part of a team

Skills Required