Clerk/typist

We are pleased to advertise the post of a Clarke/typist into our clinical chemistry department.

The clinical chemistry administration team is busy department.
This post will be to support our medical secretaries with typing, admin and dealing with telephone enquiries amongst other duties.

As a clerk typist in the clinical chemistry department, your role will be to support and liaise with the departments medical secretary's.

The clerk typist will type dictations from audio transcription of clinical correspondence and documentation.

The clerk/typist will work closely with the medical secretaries to ensure all referrals and appointments are made in accordance with 18 week guidelines.

The clerk/typist will perform a number of office duties as follows, photocopying, faxing, outgoing post, retrieving case notes.

The clerk/typist must have good telephone communication skills, acting in an professional manner.

The clerk/typist will be liaising and communicating with members of the multidisciplinary team.

The clerk/typist will be expected to problem solve with the support of the team.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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To provide full clerical/audio typing support to the relevant department ensuring a high standard of duties are maintained and deadlines met. Cross cover working where possible will be required.

1. Type dictation from audio transcription of clinical correspondence and
documentation.
2. Type discharge summaries as appropriate.
3. Liaise with medical secretary of speciality accordingly, to ensure appropriate follow up arrangements/investigations are in place.
4. Ensure all referrals and appointments are made in accordance with 18 week guidelines in liaison with medical secretaries
5. Ensure all outgoing post is sent out timely and accurately.
6. Assist the directorate in providing quality administrative support to the clinical teams.
7. Accurate and timely input of basic data as required.
8. Filing of test results appropriately in a timely manner.
9. Ensure all letters and discharge summaries are copied to the appropriate
professionals, including patients.
10. Retrieve, collect and book out case-notes as required.
October 2020
11. Photocopying/faxing and all general office duties
12. Attend appropriate training, meetings and education sessions when required
13. Work with managers and administrative staff to review working practices, ways of working and find solutions to problems
14. Work with team leaders/secretaries/managers to improve quality and range of services, with resources being managed according to agreed policies and procedures.
- The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.