Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, staff pride themselves on not only leading through clinical excellence, but also by creating an environment where all staff are valued and appreciated. To achieve this, the Trust has embarked on an exciting new strategy focused on continuous improvement.
Our vision is to improve the lives of our community and provide excellence in healthcare, through partnership and innovation
Our High Performance Culture will support everyone to be the best version of themselves by being true to our Trust vision, values and behaviours.
We welcome applications from colleagues from our local and neighbouring communities of all backgrounds and identities, who are currently under-represented within our region such as Black, Asian, Minority ethnic and those with disabilities.
As a region we are reviewing the way we work, and exploring how new working practices that support flexible working can create a positive work-life balance. As part of our recruitment process we will explore how our inclusive employment policies, flexible working, staff engagement forums, Trust facilities and services can be of mutual benefit.
Job overview
Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week
Based at Warrington and Halton Hospital
You will contribute and commit to promoting a positive team-based attitude, striving for the highest standards of service in order to deliver excellent secretarial support to the Smart Vascular Department and Management Team, being accountable to the Assistant Service Manager.
About SMART Vascular Unit - In, the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (COCH) became the hub for the South Mersey Arterial Network (SMART) with Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WHH) and Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH) being the spoke sites. The clinical model of care centralises inpatient vascular and endovascular services at the COCH, with both WHH and WUTH continuing to provide outpatient services, daycase surgery and interventional radiology services as spoke sites.
PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS BASED AT WARRINGTON HOSPITAL
You will be expected to work with minimal supervision, exercising independent judgement and using your own initiative. This position ensures an excellent level of Data Quality is maintained when dealing with confidential information in a sensitive manner.
Main duties of the job
1. To provide a comprehensive secretarial support to Consultants and wider vascular team.
2. As directed, arrange routine, urgent and fast track patient admissions/appointments by liaising with the patient, GPs, hospital co-ordinator, wards and other departments as necessary, keeping the team informed and ensuring patient notes and all necessary correspondence is available for the admission/appointment.
3. To undertake audio transcription of clinic and miscellaneous digital dictation as required by the Team Leader, ensuring all correspondence is checked by the author and signed off before
distribution.
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