Typist

**Job Title**:Typist

**Location**:The James Cook University Hospital, TS4 3BW

**Trust Location**:South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Would you like to be a part of a team that works well together, always there to help each other? If you answered yes, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.

**About the Trust**

South Tees is the largest hospital Trust in the Tees Valley with two acute hospitals and services in several community hospitals. It is easily accessible via car and public transport. There is an onsite staff restaurant and a coffee shop. There are various shops which include M&S and WHSmith.

**What you’ll be responsible for**:

- Transcription / typing and or proof reading of clinics and other letters of a sensitive and confidential nature ensuring copy letters to other health care professionals / services are sent.
- Receiving, recording, sorting and distributing any form of communication and take appropriate action including escalation where appropriate.
- Receive and make telephone calls to/from GPs, wards and other NHS and non-NHS professionals/agencies, follow through all enquiries in a friendly and professional manner.
- Management of medical records including tracking, tracing, filing and retrieving inline with Trust Policy.
- Participate in clinic reconciliation appropriate to the service.

**You’ll learn the following whilst working at the trust**:
1. An in depth understanding of the roles and responsibilities involved in working within the NHS

2. Knowledge of the systems used, to effectively complete your role to the highest standard at all times

3. A sense of teamwork, gained through working alongside and supporting colleagues from all levels, within the organisation

**You’ll have the following skills/experience**:

- Excellent communication skills
- both verbal and written
- Microsoft office skills
- Outlook, Word, and Excel
- Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
- Previous admin/ reception experience
- Previous NHS experience
- Time management skills
- NHS System Knowledge
- eCAMIS (desirable)
- Previous typing skills and experience

**As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits**:

- Competitive pay rates
- work this week, get paid next week
- **Essential support when you need it
- 24/7 365 days**:

- call us anytime
- **Multi locational**:

- work across neighbouring Trusts
- **Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go**:

- access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
- **Varied working options to suit your lifestyle**:

- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
- **Training and development opportunities**:

- Keep up with the essentials and more
- **Build holiday allowance for every shift you work**:

- your work life balance is important to us
- **Stakeholder pension scheme available**:

- a flexible future for you and yours

**Who are NHS Professionals?**

As an equal opportunities’ organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply.

By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.

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**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary contract

**Salary**: £11.45 per hour

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Do you have previous NHS experience?

Work Location: In person