Patient administration underpins the patient journey, supports clinical teams in delivering high quality patient care and can make a real difference to the patient experience.
Effective and efficient patient administration supports management through ensuring a high standard of data quality and by making the best use of capacity and resources. The Medical Secretarial Assistant is a vital part of effective patient administration.
Main duties of the job
The Medical Secretarial Assistant:
* Assists and supports the medical secretaries in providing an efficient medical secretarial service for the clinical team.
* Assists and supports the medical secretaries in achieving targets including CQUINs and validation.
* Provides cover for colleagues in their absence to maintain service levels.
About us
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board has recently agreed on a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five-year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years. We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
Job responsibilities
Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!
Person Specification
* Typing and/or Word Processing Skills
* GCSE English Grade C or equivalent
* Text Word Processing & Audio Skills to RSA II or equivalent
* 4 GCSE C or equivalent
* Business Admin NVQ II or equivalent
Knowledge and Skills
* Ability to complete tasks accurately and efficiently
* Good Written and Verbal communications skills, ability to communicate at all levels
* Knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel
* Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise workload to achieve deadlines
* Ability to operate office equipment, e.g., photocopier
Previous Experience
* Previous experience in office environment
* Some knowledge of medical terminology
* NHS Experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£23,615 a year per annum (pro rata for Part-time)
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