Employer: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Doncaster Royal Infirmary
Town: Doncaster
Salary: £23,615 Per Annum Pro Rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/01/2025 23:59
Clinical Typist/Administrator
Band 2
Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and enthusiastic Clinical Typist / Administrator to join the Team in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. This post is a permanent post supporting the Obstetrics and Gynaecology department.
The post holder will assist the Medical Secretary in providing an effective and efficient support service to clinical teams, maintaining robust systems and processes, which are in place for administrative management of the patient pathway. The post holder will provide an efficient audio typing service to ensure that clinical correspondence and all associated actions have been actioned to ensure smooth progress throughout the patient pathway in line with clinical requests.
Main Duties of the Job
You will work flexibly as part of the team producing clinical correspondence using Medisec digital transcription software, from outpatient and inpatient attendances ensuring clinical line of priority and chronological order.
A good all-round knowledge of medical terminology is preferred alongside previous experience of working in a clerical administrative role. You will be required to promptly file correspondence and investigation results into case notes in line with the trust policy, ensure accuracy and recording of all clinical events as part of the patient pathway, and provide general administrative support where required across the whole team.
Working for Our Organisation
DBTH is one of Yorkshire’s leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.
At DBTH, we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.
As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:
• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read both documents carefully. Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.
Person Specification
Personal Attributes and Skills
* Ability to deal calmly and diplomatically with a range of personalities and situations
* Flexible and adaptable, able to take direction and instruction from others
* Team player with a professional approach to work and colleagues; able to develop good working relationships
* Demonstrates Trust values and behaviours
* Commitment to Continuing Personal & Professional Development
* A methodical and organised approach to work
* Ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines in a busy environment
* Ability to prioritise and manage own workload for best effect and work without direct supervision
* Exercise good judgement; use own initiative
* Customer care experience or qualification
Qualifications/Training
* Minimum of 3 GCSEs including English and Maths at Grade C or above or equivalent qualification or relevant experience
* OCR/RSA/NVQ Level II or completion of a Business and Administrative Level or relevant experience
* II Apprenticeship or demonstrable equivalent qualification and experience in keyboard skills and typing or relevant experience
* ECDL or equivalent qualification or relevant experience
Knowledge and Experience
* Previous experience working in a clerical/administrative role
* Demonstrable working knowledge of Microsoft packages including Word
* Previous hospital or NHS experience working in a clerical/administrative role
* Knowledge of medical terminology
* Knowledge of Policies, including Referral to Treatment Patient Access Policy
* Knowledge and understanding of RTT National and local waiting time rules
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* Please note that all correspondence will be sent to you via email. If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.
* We reserve the right to close down this advert early should there be a high number of applicants.
* The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.
* All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken. The Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event that they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Please note that this check will be charged for in two instalments when you commence employment with Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.
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