Swydd wag: Medical Typist / Admin Assistant - Cardiology, Band 2, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester

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Prif leoliad: Cardiology
Gradd: Band 2
Contract: Cyfnod Penodol: 6 mis (Maternity Cover)
Oriau: Rhan-amser - 26.5 awr yr wythnos
Cyfeirnod y swydd: 318-24-MED-T1655

Cyflogwr: Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Math o gyflogwr: NHS
Gwefan: Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
Tref: Gloucester
Cyflog: £22,383 pa pro rata
Cyfnod cyflog: Yn flynyddol
Yn cau: 31/07/2024 23:59

Medical Typist / Admin Assistant - Cardiology, Band 2

Band 2

Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.

As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.

As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.

By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.

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The medical typist / admin assistant is responsible for:

- Providing a comprehensive audio typing and administrative service to the medical staff and their supporting team.

- Undertaking routine office duties including electronic note tracking, photocopying, filing of correspondence and results and maintenance of records

- Managing the mail for the unit.

- Providing cover for colleagues in their absence to maintain service levels

- Ensuring excellent communication is provided to patients, relatives, general practitioners and other hospital staff to ensure a proficient, high-quality service for patients and clinicians.

- Regularly informing the secretarial supervisor about progress and flags up as a matter of urgency any issues, for example, capacity or delays due to internal or external factors, difficult queries from patients, etc.

- Supporting the achievement of Trust performance by ensuring administrative standards are met e.g., typing times, test results passed to clinician and any potential 52-week breaches are escalated to the clinician, secretarial supervisor or AGM/DGM to avoid breach.

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Qualifications

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Educated to GCSE Grade C or above in literacy and numeracy
Proficient Keyboard Skills
Computer literate
Typewriting / word processing RSA level or equivalent practical experience

Experience

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Audio Typing
Office Experience

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Previous medical/ hospital/ NHS experience
Understanding and previous experience in medical terminology

Knowledge/ Skills

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Good command and understanding of English, punctuation and grammar
Team Worker
Good communication and social skills

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Knowledge of NHS systems

The health and wellbeing of our staff and patients remains the priority of the Trust. Vaccination remains the best chance we have of conquering COVID and the Trust encourages everyone to take up this offer.

Please note, this vacancy may close as soon as sufficient applications have been received, so please apply as soon as possible if you are interested. The Recruitment Team are unable to accept any applications after the position has closed on NHS Jobs.

Committed to safeguarding our community

If applicable for the post, all successful candidates will be required to pay for their own Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The cost will be £29 (standard checks) or £46 (enhanced checks), and will be recovered through two instalments from the candidate's salary. Please contact [email protected] for further information.

The Trust is a safeguarding employer committed to the safeguarding and promotion of welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Trust is committed to safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults, and any appointment will be subject to satisfactory clearance. As part of the organisation's commitment to Safer Recruitment, candidates may request copies of relevant policies and procedures by contacting the Recruitment Team at [email protected]

Committed to supporting service personnel

As part of our commitment to support Service Personnel, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, in collaboration with the Career Transition Partnership, offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for all qualifying Service and Ex-Service Personnel. To qualify for a guaranteed interview, candidates must meet the essential criteria for the post and be either a current member of the Armed Forces, or be within the two year period of resettlement. If this applies to you please email the job reference number and your AR number to the Recruitment Team at [email protected]