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To provide an efficient and effective secretarial and administrative service to the outpatient department; including the lead nurse and senior nursing team.
To facilitate all urgent and non-urgent clinic requests and room booking providing a live up to date database, providing reports of extra clinical activity.
To work closely alongside the lead nurse to ensure that all extra clinical activity is staffed safely, accordingly and the work is organised and communicated throughout.
To support the recruitment process in line with trust policy for outpatient nursing. To ensure day to day management aspects of administration across all sites.
To ensure a quality service is always delivered, actively monitoring and reporting performance.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide secretarial support to the matron, including managing correspondence, scheduling appointments, and maintaining records.
2. Coordinate and manage room bookings, ensuring availability and proper allocation for meetings, events, or other organisational needs.
3. Maintain an up-to-date calendar of events and communicate booking confirmations or changes to relevant parties.
4. Assist in preparing reports, meeting minutes, and other documentation as required.
5. Handle telephone calls and emails professionally and promptly.
6. Support other administrative tasks as assigned to ensure smooth office operations.
Working for our organisation
At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of “excellent health care, improved health for all”. We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.
As part of the NHS People Promise, your wellbeing is our priority, and we are committed to ensuring our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance supported by our and by making reasonable adjustments where possible. We believe no-one should have to sacrifice family, friends, or their personal interests for work. We are a modern employer able to attract and retain high quality staff through our commitment to the NHS People Promise.
As an employer, we foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to contribute their best. We want to ensure that our workforce is representative of the population we serve. More information - inclusive practice people promise.
Dudley Group offer many opportunities for our staff to develop and grow within their roles through our Learning & OD Team. These include topics such as communication, wellbeing, team development, cultural competency, and values.
Please click below to view our EDI page: Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust (dgft.nhs.uk)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
7. GCSE Maths and English Language grade 9 -4 or A* - C or equivalent
8. NVQ level 3 Business Admin or equivalent
9. RSA 2 typing / word processing or equivalent
Knowledge
Essential criteria
10. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs - Word, Excel, Outlook
Desirable criteria
11. Identification of personal development
Experience
Essential criteria
12. Previous secretarial experience
Desirable criteria
13. Experience of recruitment procedures
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
14. Effective communication skills, verbally and in writing
15. Able to relate to general public calmly
16. Understanding of confidentiality
17. Commitment to the Directorate and colleagues
Planning & Organisational Skills
Essential criteria
18. Diary Management
19. Able to deal with a steady flow of work and sudden episodes of heavy workload
20. Computer literate using Windows environment
21. Willingness to attend in-service training days
Desirable criteria
22. Minute taking expertise
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Caring for patients demands integrity, honesty, and accountability. We expect your application and participation to be authentic and a genuine reflection of your own experiences and values.
Multi-site working
The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing "better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond".
To support this vision, we are (where appropriate and safe to do so) actively looking at new models of care which:
23. Better protect elective / planned care service delivery across the system by organising on a 'hot and cold' arrangement
24. Consider the optimal use of resources through consolidation and specialisation, and
25. Seek to reduce unwarranted variance, level up / standardise care through a 'Networked Service Solution' approach across the four sites
Against this context, although this post is hosted by The Dudley Group, there may be an expectation to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.
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