Clinical Typist

We are currently looking to employ a full time permanent Clinical Typist to work within the Medicine & Emergency Care Division. Clinical Typists are responsible for the production of clinical documentation and communications dictated by clinical staff through either traditional audio dictation or voice recognition software. These communications are a key part of the link between patients and their care.

These are the key areas that support the purpose of the job
- To transcribe clinical dictations using trust-provided equipment and
- To work to pre agreed typing targets whilst maintaining a high level of typing accuracy and
- To file and distribute clinical letters and supporting items as
- To audit and ensure the accuracy of letters dictated through voice-recognition
- To prioritise workload, ensuring urgent dictations are produced in a timely

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of around 3,800 staff and good financial control, currently operating with a positive financial surplus and was recently rated “Good” by the CQC.

We are committed to working with our partners in health and social care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.

Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.