Job overview
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our team at King George Hospital within the Cardio-Respiratory Unit, a friendly, busy, and rapidly expanding diagnostic service.
The unit provides a wide range of investigations across the Trust, including:
Resting ECGs
24-hour ECG and Blood Pressure monitoring
Event recording
Transthoracic and Transoesophageal Echocardiography (for inpatients and outpatients)
Bradycardia and tachycardia device follow-up
Lung function testing
We also have a cardiac catheterisation laboratory offering diagnostic angiography, as well as bradycardia and tachycardia device implantation.
We are seeking a forward-thinking, enthusiastic individual to join our dedicated team of professionals working to the highest quality standards and delivering excellent patient care.
This post offers flexible, part-time hours, making it ideal for applicants with caring responsibilities, those returning to work, or individuals looking to supplement their income alongside other commitments.
Division of Specialist Medicine
Cardio-Respiratory Unit
King George Hospital
Admin/Receptionist Band 3 - Part time Working pattern:Thursday-Friday 09:00-17:00
Main duties of the job
To work within departmental policies and procedures to provide an administrative and reception service for the Cardio-Respiratory Unit. The nature of this post dictates that strict confidentiality is adhered to at all times.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the.
We run a in Ilford; an in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at and at. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited. We’re proud to be a employer.
Some of the positive changes we’ve made are captured in .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Good general education.
2. Good level of numeracy and literacy.
Skills/ Abilities
Essential criteria
3. The ability to work effectively under pressure.
4. Good organisational typing and clerical skills.
Experience/ Knowledge
Desirable criteria
5. Experience with EPR and Solus systems.
Application numbers
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