An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the busy Gastroenterology department at the Princess of Wales Hospital. The post holder will support the Directorate with administrative tasks as required by the directorate management team, including audio typing, general administration and waiting list management.
The post holder will also be expected to manage and prioritise their own workload using experience and initiative, and act as communication link for the Senior Management Team. This will involve the post holder being able to communicate with various services and agencies, internal and external and with personnel at all levels.
* Require excellent verbal communication skills responding to enquiries face to face as well as dealing with telephone queries. At times the information may be of a sensitive nature and the ability to deal with emotional/distressed patients/visitors is essential. The post holder may also be required to deal with communication barriers which will require tact and diplomacy.
* Be responsible for a number of administrative and clerical tasks, which could include but not be limited to, updating patient pathways correctly and managing clinic outcomes, updating WPAS in line with UHB guidelines, as well as generic administrative duties such as photocopying a variety of documents as requested, filing papers and electronic documents in appropriately organised systems, and ensuring that they are available to the team as and when required.
* Be responsible for audio and/or copy typing of clinic letters under the supervision of the secretarial team, including numerical data and details for projects or lectures consistent with the clinical work/service requirement.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We Live By Our Core Values
We listen, learn and improve
We treat everyone with respect
We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15,000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
For full details and information on the role please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn’t need to have skills in Welsh, we’ll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t fluency, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see Welsh Language Guidance in the documents at the bottom.
Internal codes and extraneous posting lines have been removed from this refined description.
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