Job summary
An exciting opportunity is available for a permanent Clinical Admin Officer at Frimley Park Hospital, providing essential float support across General Surgery, Urology, and Vascular Clinical Admin teams.Accuracy and attention to detail are a must. Applicants should enjoy working in a busy environment and you will need to be organised, adaptable, enthusiastic and dedicated with excellent interpersonal and time management position will offer the chance to work with Consultants and their clinical teams including Junior Doctors and Clinical Nurse Specialists. The role is ideally suited to candidates with strong administrative experience and a positive approach to change. If you enjoy a varied workload this could be the post for you.
previous applicants need not apply
Main duties of the job
o To provide an administrative service to the To plan and organise own work schedule with the use of appropriate planning aids, demonstrating good time management and ensure anticipated difficulties in meeting deadlines are promptly Deal with Consultants requests for actioning urgent correspondence, medico-legal reports and any other appropriate adhoc correspondence requested in line with the Trusts policies and To obtain and organise information in support of own work activities, maintain confidentiality in accordance with organisation Answer queries from colleagues, GP's and patients in a timely and professional To ensure that secure systems are in place for the storage of all resources including computerised Scanning and uploading relevant patient medical documents into the Trust's Electronic Patient Record Scanning and uploading relevant patient medical documents into the Trust's Electronic Patient Record To assist clinicians with sending letters using Epic where incomplete patient information address or where attachments need to be To assist clinicians with sending letters using Epic where incomplete patient information address or where attachments need to be To ensure all phone calls are dealt with in a professional and timely mannero To operate the various EPIC and other IT systems to fulfil the role/department requirements.
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide clinical administrative support to the Consultants, Nurses and their junior medical staff, ensuring that the Trust standards are adhered to in relation to all documentation and data input concerning patients and treatment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. NVQ Level 3 Administration or equivalent practical knowledge
Desirable
2. Experience of using EPIC
Experience
Essential
3. Recent experience of working in an office environment
4. Competent with current software programmes ( MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
5. Be able to work in a busy environment and remain calm under pressure
6. Recent experience of working within a team environment
Desirable
7. Working in the NHS either in a hospital/private practice/GP setting
8. Experience of direct contact with patients
Skills
Essential
9. Ability to communicate clearly
10. Ability to work with minimal supervision
11. Ability to prioritise workload
12. Able to adapt to change
13. Excellent interpersonal skills.
Desirable
14. Understanding of medical terminology