Job summary
Provide comprehensive support to all secretarial and administrative support services to clinicians and their associated staff, following all relevant operational policies, procedures, and work practices, to ensure the timely processing of all patient-related information, including clinic letters, reports, referrals, appointments, etc., with the exclusion of rotas.
Please note this vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide comprehensive support to all secretarial and administrative support services to clinicians and their associated staff, following all relevant operational policies, procedures, and work practices, to ensure the timely processing of all patient-related information, including clinic letters, reports, referrals, appointments, etc., with the exclusion of rotas.
2. Provide cover in the absence of the secretarial team, with the exclusion of medical rotas.
3. Taking and typing minutes of meetings and typing of complex documents, discharges, clinic letters, reports, etc., for clinicians using appropriate technologies.
4. Support booking of procedures, including PET scans.
About us
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, our main priority is to provide safe and high-quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organization to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognize staff through Star and Team of the Month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars, and Service Awards.
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behavior change in the promotion of health and well-being of individuals and communities.
We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool".
Person Specification
Essential
* GCSE (or equivalent) Maths at Grade C or above
* GCSE (or equivalent) English at Grade C or above
* Medical Terminology Qualification
* Experience of Audio Dictation
Desirable
* Typing Qualification
* NHS Experience
* Experience using NHS Systems
* IT Qualification
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
Employer details
Employer name
North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
Address
North Tees Hospital
Hardwick Road
Stockton-on-Tees
TS19 8PE
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