Admin Clerk

Are you a professional and enthusiastic individual with a passion for providing top-notch administrative support? As an opportunity has arisen for a Medical Typist/Admin Clerk in the Surgery & Anaesthetic Department.

This role is to act as a link between the Medical Secretaries ensuring all communication is passed on accurately whilst upholding confidentiality. Integrate as part of our team, assisting our consultants and clinical staff in delivering a safe and efficient service administration service for our patients.

• Typing both audio and copy.
• Validating, cross checking and escalating – requests made correctly in the systems, flags acted upon e.g appointments, tests requested, blood forms to send, requests for MDT followed up.
• To act as a link between the Medical Secretaries ensuring all communication is passed on accurately whilst upholding confidentiality.
• To be able to prioritise workloads and have the ability to work under pressure maintaining accuracy and meeting deadlines.
• Typing of letters from clinics and any other general correspondence where necessary.
• Clerical tasks as required, i.e., photocopying, scanning, answering telephones etc, to support team members.
• Appointment booking
• To be able to work on own initiative and make decisions within written guidelines, sometimes without reference to others.
• Undertake any other ad hoc duties as requested by the Team Leader or Divisional Administration Team

Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) is a dynamic and successful organisation with a strong organisational and personal development focus. With over 5,500 employees and a turnover of £310 million, the Trust provides a comprehensive range of secondary care services to the people of Calderdale and Huddersfield and has an exceptional reputation for service delivery. The Foundation Trust aims to design and implement services, policies and measures that meet the diverse needs of our service, population and workforce, ensuring that none are placed at a disadvantage over others.

Please note although this post is based HRI all posts have an expectation of working cross site between Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Calderdale Royal Hospital services subject to service needs as required.

Audio typing clinics and admin, uploading sensitive information onto patients medical notes and general admin,

Validating and cross checking requests made within dictation from clinicians

On the request from the Team Leader you may be required to cover colleagues within any of the specialties during absences/annual/sick leave. You may also be required to undertake job rotation for cross cover as well as for development and training purposes.

To ensure that all equipment such as computers, printers, etc which are used, are in working order, contacting the relevant department/personnel if they are not.

Offer advice and support and demonstrate duties to new members of staff.

To be able to work on own initiative and make decisions within written guidelines, sometimes without reference to others.

Undertake any other ad hoc duties as requested by the Team Leader or Divisional Administration Team

Booking clinic appointments