Job summary
hours per week
The Pathology department at South Tees foundation trust and North Tees foundation trust are working collaboratively to develop a joint service with services being delivered on both Hospital sites, this will require cross site working as appropriate.
Department: Pathology
The Pathology Department is looking for an enthusiastic Team Leader who is looking for a challenge, with the potential to develop skills and knowledge and will support the collaborative in obtaining its goals of working through the recovery plan, created by the COVID pandemic and providing a high quality service to its patients. You will work very closely with the Admin Manager and the three other Team Leaders within the collaborative.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to demonstrate excellent communication, organisational and supervisory skills and be able to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team taking a lead role in providing a comprehensive, effective and professional secretarial and administration support to the service. They will be responsible for ensuring the team deliver an effective and efficient service to the Digestive Diseases, Urology & General Surgery collaborative.
The post holder will deputise for the Admin Manager in their absence and undertake aspects of a line management role for junior admin support.
This vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.
About us
Leadership and Improvement Training
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the New and Aspiring leaders programme, and the Foundation Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. After you complete this one and a half day of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. GCSE in Maths and English or Functional Skills, Level 2
2. Knowledge of secretarial and administrative procedures and systems, the majority of which are non-routine, acquired through training and experience to Vocational Level 3 or equivalent; plus knowledge of specialist functional/medical/legal terms, organisational policies and procedures and knowledge and experience to deal with non-routine issues such as problem solving for an area of work or developing alternative or additional procedures.
Desirable
3. People management qualification
4. Audio-typing qualification or equivalent level of working experience with medical terminology
Knowledge
Essential
5. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
6. Excellent planning, prioritisation and organisational skills
7. Substantial working knowledge of secretarial/clerical processes
Experience
Essential
8. Must have demonstrable experience in Line Management and Leadership activities
9. Substantial Secretarial and administrative experience
Desirable
10. Healthcare / NHS Trust experience