The post holder will provide comprehensive administrative/clerical duties to support the ward, Consultant and junior medical staff, nurses, and multidisciplinary teams within the Surgical Business Unit. The post holder will be a first point of contact for service users over the telephone and face to face. The post holder will be expected to prioritise their work on a daily basis and to use their initiative and discretion, dealing directly with patients/carers and relatives and handling matters that arise, as far as possible, without instruction. In support of good quality patient care, you will provide an efficient and effective service across the whole range of duties, and will work as part of a team to constantly improve the quality of the services we provide. Any other ad-hoc duties falling within the banding of the post.
Main duties of the job
1. To ensure that all notes are retrieved and prepared for patients attending the ward.
2. To ensure that all correspondence is filed within patients' case notes in a timely manner and that case notes are maintained and updated.
3. To ensure the timely admission of patients onto Medway, booking of patients' appointments.
4. To ensure that Medical Notes are taken to Coding to ensure that all patients' episodes are coded.
5. Retrieve case notes and record their movement using the electronic folder tracking modules (Filefast and Medway).
6. To be involved in ongoing training and development opportunities and contribute to your own personal development.
Person Specification
* GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
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.
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