The Dorset Prosthetic Department consists of a small team of staff who provide rehabilitation services, prosthetic limbs, and orthotic devices to patients with complex physical needs. The team consists of a Consultant in Rehabilitation, Clinical Manager, Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Counsellor, Podiatrist, Nurse, Prosthetists and Orthotists as well as administration staff.
We require a flexible, committed secretary to support the team with secretarial and administration tasks and to facilitate the smooth running of this service.
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
The job is very varied and includes liaising with the contracted company who manufacture the limbs, being responsible for recording staff annual leave and training, arranging interpreters, organizing meetings and taking minutes.
You will need excellent communication skills to liaise with the team, community staff and external organisations and to communicate with patients face to face and on the telephone.
We are looking for a person with proven secretarial and administrative/IT skills ( e.g. Word, Excel, Publisher) to support the team and the manager, which will include being administratively responsible for the patient information for the service, as well as preparing flow charts and teaching aids.
Come and join a dedicated team in an interesting department where no two days are the same!
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
However, there are no current plans to move the Dorset Prosthetics Centre where this post is based.
• Provide a comprehensive and flexible administration and secretarial service to the multidisciplinary team within the DPC.
• This includes Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Nurse, Counsellor, Podiatrist, Orthotic administration staff and reception staff.
• Provide administrative support to the Centre Manager, providing a full range of skills to support the administration of a busy Prosthetics and Orthotics Service.
• Assist the Centre Manager to achieve a paper light/paper free working environment by facilitating IT and Clerical processes to support this aim.
• Liaise with the Contractor staff regarding logistical matters that require resolution (waste disposal, equipment and environmental maintenance and fault calls) and take the necessary action to seek a solution as required.
This advert closes on Saturday 15 Mar 2025
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