The Child Health admin team are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced individual to work as an Office Manager/Senior Secretary.
We require someone with a high standard of organisational skills in order to provide an efficient administrative service to the team. This role will keep you both busy and challenged. You must be highly motivated with excellent communication skills, the ability to use your own initiative and work well under pressure.
You will need to be adaptable, reliable and a team player with good qualifications and/or management experience.
Knowledge of working in a hospital environment is desirable as is knowledge of the hospital systems and an understanding of the RTT pathways.
• To provide comprehensive line management of the Acute Child Health admin team.
• To co-ordinate the patient journey by ensuring a proactive, comprehensive, streamlined administrative process which revolves around the patient and their individual needs.
• Ensure a smooth process and compliance to National Cancer waiting time standards, National RTT compliance standard, diagnostic standards and any internal targets.
• Ensure correct data capture and quality to support the care group in maximising the potential target and financial performance.
• Work in a team based administrative service providing support for each other and ensuring continuity of the service.
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five
hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
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If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
This advert closes on Sunday 29 Dec 2024