Haematology Support Secretary
1 week ago
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Support Secretary to work within the Haematology secretariat at Colchester Hospital.
This is a part time role working in a tight-knit, hard working and friendly team and in a fast paced and busy environment.
You will provide efficient and pro-active secretarial/admin support to the consultants and other team members.
Relevant NHS and medical typing experience is essential.
**Essential skills required for the post include**: excellent typing and audio skills, the ability to prioritise tasks, effective time management skills, good IT and secretarial skills, good communication, interpersonal and organisation skills, and a good team member.
Please note, the advert will close early if we receive an unexpected number of applicants.
To provide assistance to the Consultants by way of secretarial and general admin support
To perform general clerical duties such as filing, photocopying, collation of notes, making and changing appointments and providing administrative support to the team of Medical PA’s.
To assist with audio/typing of letters dictated by the Consultant, and his team, using the Bighand electronic dictation system
Receive and process telephone calls from GPs, patients, relatives and other medical professionals. Recording and passing on message in a clear and concise manner.
To ensure all referrals are distributed to the appropriate clinician without delay. This includes Choose and Book referrals and paper referrals received direct from GP or other professional bodies.
One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of over 11,000 amazing colleagues providing care to 800,000 residents.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.
To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Liaising with Medical Records and other hospital departments as required regarding locating and tracking patient casenotes
Ensuring that Pathology and X-ray reports are available for the Medical Staff
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