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Job summary

Main area
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon - Fri)
Job ref
151-SR226-A
Employer
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Wexham Park Hospital
Town
Slough
Salary
£25,329 - £26,958 per annum INCL HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/10/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust logo

Clinical Admin Officer

Band 3

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Admin Officer to join the Obstetrics & Gynaecology Clinical Admin team at Frimley Park Hospital. Accuracy and attention to detail are a must. Applicants should enjoy working in a busy environment and you will need to be organised, enthusiastic and dedicated with excellent interpersonal and time management skills. 

The position will offer the chance to work with Obs & Gynae Consultants and their clinical team. The role is ideally suited to candidates with administrative experience with a positive approach to change. If you enjoy a complex and varied workload this could be the post for you. 

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

Main duties of the job

• To provide an administrative service to the Department.
• To plan and organise own work schedule with the use of appropriate planning aids, demonstrating good time management and ensure anticipated difficulties in meeting deadlines are promptly reported.
• Deal with Consultants requests for actioning urgent correspondence, medico-legal reports and any other appropriate adhoc correspondence requested in line with the Trusts policies and procedures.
• To obtain and organise information in support of own work activities, maintain confidentiality in accordance with organisation procedures.
• Answer queries from colleagues, GP’s and patients in a timely and professional manner.
• To ensure that secure systems are in place for the storage of all resources including computerised information.
• Scanning and uploading relevant patient medical documents into the Trust’s Electronic Patient Record system.
• To assist clinicians with sending letters using Epic where incomplete patient information e.g. address or where attachments need to be included.
• To ensure all phone calls are dealt with in a professional and timely manner
• To operate the various EPIC and other IT systems to fulfil the role/department requirements. 

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ Level 3 Administration or equivalent practical knowledge
  • Good education to GCSE standard or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of using EPIC

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in an office environment
  • Competent with current software programmes (i.e. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Be able to work in a busy environment and remain calm under pressure
  • Experience of working within a team environment
Desirable criteria
  • Working in the NHS either in a hospital/private practice/GP setting
  • Provide general non-clinical advice

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate clearly
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision
  • Ability to prioritise workload
  • Able to adapt to change
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding of medical terminology

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rohina Mir
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 6156020
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