Communication and relationship skill Deal effectively with internal and external enquiries demonstrating excellent communication and customer care. Provide and receive routine information either verbally or written, requiring tact or persuasive skills in order to overcome barriers to understanding. Deal with potentially complex, sensitive or confidential enquiries from patients, staff and the public. Knowledge, training and experience Educated to A Level standard or equivalent Experience of a range of office procedures NVQ3 in business administration / customer care or equivalent RSA Stage 3 or equivalent ECDL advanced desirable Accurate and timely copy/audio typing Analytical and judgement skill Make judgements involving facts / situations sometimes requiring analysis of information. Prioritise workload and make appropriate level decisions such as when to escalate and ensure this is done in a timely manner, e.g. telephone messages from staff/patients Planning and organisational skills Organise and allocate work, tasks or activities Manage diaries, plan meetings, rotas, schedules and clinics Work flexibly to maintain cover within the service / organisation Produce and maintain effective systems to ensure the service operates efficiently, e.g. planning appointments, time management. Physical skills Advanced keyboard skills for regular use of computer systems Use office equipment, e.g. transcription equipment Responsibility for patient / client care Provide non-clinical advice and information to patients, carers, relatives or staff either face to face, over the telephone or by other means. To have the ability to recognise when patients care is a priority and to ensure that patients are given assistance at all times, treating others with courtesy, respect and makes them feel valued Responsibility for policy and service development implementation Responsible for ensuring that organisational policies and procedures are adhered to and implemented. Contributes to changes and updates of polices / procedures in own area of work. Responsibilities for financial and physical resource Manage and ordering of stock / office stationery / equipment Maybe required to issue / take responsibility for equipment used by self and others Responsibilities for human resources (HR As per the main aims of the role Responsibilities for information resources Create or format databases / spread sheets / publications utilising appropriate IT systems Transcribing / copy typing information provided by others Minute taking Management of information either electronic or paper based Responsibilities for research and development (R&D) Will be required to undertake surveys and audits when requested in own area of work. Freedom to act Plan and organise own workload using own initiative, escalating to manager when required Works independently to defined policies and procedures.