Patient administration underpins the patient journey, supports clinical teams in delivering high quality patient care and can make a real difference to the patient experience. Our Medical secretarial team is essential in delivering effective and efficient patient administration. Supporting management through ensuring a high standard of data quality and by making the best use of capacity and resources.
Main duties of the job
* Assists and supports the medical secretaries in providing an efficient medical secretarial service for the clinical team.
* Assists and supports the medical secretaries in achieving targets including CQUINs and validation.
* Provides cover for colleagues in their absence to maintain service levels
* Provides a comprehensive service to the Consultants and their teams and is essential in the provision of a high quality patient experience. The post-holder will support the administration and secretarial teams with their day-to-day duties
* The successful applicant will be an enthusiastic team player and an experienced typist, and will be required to have GCSE English and Maths grade C or equivalent. A flexible approach to work is required and an ability to get on with others in a team based environment.
About us
Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications
* Typing and or Word/Text Processing Skills
* GCSE English Grade C or equivalent
* Text Word processing & audio skills to RSA II or equivalent.
* 4 GCSE C or equivalent.
* Business Admin NVQ II or equivalent
Experience
* Previous office environment experience
* Some Medical terminology knowledge
* NHS Experience
* Experience in Acute Medicine
Knowledge, Skills and Aptitudes
* Ability to complete tasks accurately and efficiently.
* Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise workload to achieve deadlines.
* Good written and verbal communication skills.
* Ability and confidence to communicate at all levels.
* Competent Microsoft Word User.
* Ability to operate office equipment, e.g. Fax, Photocopier.
Specific requirements
* Conscientious in standard of work produced.
* Ability to work to tight deadlines and as part of a team.
* Clear understanding of the importance of confidentiality.
* Commitment to work towards recognised qualifications as appropriate
* Ability to work from their own initiative
* Adaptable to change
* Readiness to try new things
* Ability to recognise when to seek appropriate assistance from colleagues.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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