Job summary
- Main area
- administration
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Fixed term: 18 months (per staffing review)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 412-DCSS-7094845
- Employer
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Waters Green Medical Centre
- Town
- Macclesfield
- Salary
- £24,169 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Administration Assistant - East Dermatology Service
Band 2
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to join our friendly and motivated Dermatology admin team based at Waters Green Medical Centre in Macclesfield.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking and well organised individual to join our team. Ideally the candidate will have good IT skills, you must also have good customer care skills and interpersonal skills. NHS experience would be an advantage.
This is a very busy role and the right person must be able to work within a busy team and work to deadlines. In return you will be supported and full training will be given.
The role is part time.
Main duties of the job
Dermatology is a very busy department, with high numbers of patients seen every week.
The main duties of the post involve but are not exhaustive are processing paperwork, filing referral letters, liaising with consultants and solving queries, putting patients on the waiting list and supporting the bookings team. Actioning histology reports. Knowledge of RTT will be advantageous.
Working for our organisation
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.
We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.
The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.
At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide a comprehensive administration and clerical service to the Division. Maintain the preparation and flow of patient data/information, hard copy or electronic, ensuring that all data/information is maintained to the agreed quality standard and available at the right time and place. The post holder will also be expected to organise own workload in order to maintain an efficient and professional service.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Customer service experience
Desirable criteria
- Basic all round IT skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- NHS knowledge
Desirable criteria
- RTT and/or cancer pathways
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working with sensitive information
Desirable criteria
- Working with vulnerable and emotional people
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Abby White
- Job title
- Assistant Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01270 612384
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