Medical Lead for Children and Young People's Care

3 weeks ago


Sheffield, United Kingdom Sheffield Children's Full time

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen to primarily join the Paediatric Surgical Unit Administration Team at Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust but also to help cover other areas of the Surgical Secretariat if required.
Are you looking for an administrative opportunity, with an element of Leadership, supporting our frontline healthcare professionals deliver outstanding patient care to the Children and Young people at Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust?
The post is 28 hours and the days will be discussed with the successful candidate although this will be during office hours, between Monday - Friday.
You will act as senior medical secretary to the clinical team whilst overseeing the day to day supervision of the wider admin team members.
You will be flexible and conscientious ad have the ability to work on your own initiative, prioritising your work and meeting deadlines whilst maintaining high standards.
You will share the Trust values and be committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.
To be a Senior Medical Secretary to the clinical team

You will provide a comprehensive medical secretarial service to Consultants and their teams enabling them to maintain timely patient pathways, respond effectively to complaints and all medico legal requests and maintain their clinical practice.
You will be responsible for the day to day supervision of your speciality team ensuring timely production of clinical correspondence to facilitate compliance with 18 week referral to treatment targets. You will ensure all clinical correspondence is produced to the required standard within the timeframe of the national and local targets.
Sheffield Children's is one of three independent, specialist paediatric hospitals in the country, providing dedicated healthcare for children and young people across community, mental health and acute specialist settings.
We have three overarching aims that set the direction of the Trust in our vision "to create a healthier future for children and young people".
Outstanding patient care
Leader in children's health
generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme and access to salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle to work and lease cars.
We are committed to supporting colleagues from different heritages and lifestyles while at work. This is supported through the offer we have in place for flexible working and the three equality network groups we have in place. Colleagues are encouraged to join these groups and request flexible working.
Deal with complex and escalated enquiries by letter/e-mail/ telephone from parents patients, GPs, other hospitals, police, solicitors (via medical records / legal departments), other consultants, unit management, etc. Ensure consultant / medical / nursing staff are contacted as appropriate.
Provide effective first line communications both within the Trust and between the hospital, GPs, patients and all other relevant external agencies and organisations. Collate on-call rotas as necessary.
Attend to any additional administration as generated by the consultant team including diary management, booking and cancelling meetings, appointments and travel arrangements as required.
Maintain data bases/spread sheets containing patient information as required by the consultant/team.
Update RTT in accordance with trust guidelines and ensure accurate patient pathways, investigating and correcting errors as required. Assist the performance team with data management utilising PAS and other departmental databases.
Type dictation from audio/hand written notes of clinical letters, theatre notes, medical reports, rotas and general correspondence ensuring they meet locally agreed standards.
Type dictation from shorthand/audio/hand written notes, of clinical letters, discharge summaries, theatre notes, medical reports, rotas, references and general correspondence including administration and, when required, minutes for committees/meetings attended by their Consultant.
Type child protection reports/court reports and police statements.
Ensure that clinic letters are typed and sent out in accordance with the locally agreed standards.
Act as supervisor for staff providing support when necessary, e.g. when staff experience problems with work, medical or personal issues.
Joint responsibility for ensuring that all administrative and clerical staff are adequately trained and developed and have completed the relevant mandatory training including PDRs.
Support the induction and training of staff to the team.
Monitor sickness and absence records, taking appropriate action in line with sickness and absence policies and undertake return to work interviews.
Responsibility to assist the Management team by initiating first line action in potential disciplinary and capability cases.
Monitor KPIs and undertake quarterly performance reviews with support staff
Authorise and co-ordinate annual leave ensuring sufficient cover across the service.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. Gilbert7@nhs.net
We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Childrens being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. Gilbert7@nhs.net
The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:
Respect value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
Excellence delivering a high-quality standard of care
Qualifications and Training
Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent, with a GCSE in English Language (Grade C or above)
RSA level 3 typing / word processing or equivalent qualification and experience
Audio typing experience
Experience of using a wide range of IT and information systems including Microsoft Office
Experience of using Hospital Information Systems
Knowledge of medical terminology
Ability to provide a proactive and high quality customer focused service
Knowledge and understanding of the 18 week Referral to Treatment standards.
Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
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