Secretarial Assistant - Respiratory
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation TrustJob overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join our existing Respiratory Administration & Clerical Team with Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, self-motivated, Secretarial Assistant to provide administrative and secretarial support to the team.
The ideal candidate will have a good standard of education to include GCSE in Maths and English (Grade A to C); desirably will have RSA/OCR II typing skills or equivalent with the ability to type a minimum of 40 wpm, including audio typing. You will need to be a team player with customer care experience, knowledge of Microsoft applications, experience of working with patient’s records and using a hospital database, such as PAS and infoflex is desirable but training will be provided. Good computer skills are essential for this role.
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Act with professionalism and integrity, being a role model to those around us and ensuring everyone has an equal opportunity.
Provide a service that is tailored to meet the needs of the individual and to understand what our patients/customers need and be adaptable and responsive
Provide a high-quality customer service which complies with relevant legislation and NHS Employment check standards.
Be honest and learn from mistakes, and help to create a “no-blame” culture were people feel able to share and learn from experiences together.
To work as part of a team demonstrating effective communication, and working collaboratively with colleagues inside and out of the department.
Acknowledge that you need to continually deliver greater value to customers.
Be honest about your biggest challenges and create a culture of curiosity and openness.
Make a deliberate effort to connect with strangers from different walks of life and invite them to share their ideas.
Be curious and creative about new possibilities, whilst identifying what works well and to do more of it.
Help to develop and foster a learning environment where feedback is welcomed and valued.
Working for our organisation
The Respiratory Department at Torbay Hospital is based in the Heart and Lung Unit.
We work as a close multi-disciplinary team which consists of Consultant, nursing staff, administrative team, Specialty Doctors, and Specialist Registrars.
We carry out assessment, investigations and treatment of patients with respiratory conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This position requires empathy and tact when dealing with patients that may be angry or upset regarding any aspect of their care.
Communicate effectively in writing and verbally with:
Internal
- Consultants
- Nursing staff
- Medical Personnel
- Admin and Clerical staff
- Ancillary Staff
- Management
- Across the trust
External
- Patients and Carers
- Members of the general public
- Private Practices
- Other Hospitals both in and out of the district
- Locum medical agencies
To act with professionalism and integrity, being a role model to those around and ensuring everyone has an equal opportunity.
- Tracering of patient notes accurately and in a timely manner
- Prioritising work in a busy environment
- To type clinical and non-clinical correspondence and reports in accordance within local targets.
- To undertake a variety of office duties, such as monitoring and dealing with emails received via varied email accounts, filing, opening and distributing post, photocopying, support where necessary to the Heart and Lung reception, choose and book system, data inputting, moving and lifting of patient notes to ensure the efficient and effective support to the department.
- To accurately deal with E- referrals and email to the relevant Consultant and action daily
- To comply with the Trust’s Patient Access Policy and Standard Operating Procedures.
- To ensure that all results/reports/correspondence are filed accurately & efficiently in the case notes as required, in line with Health Records standards.
- To answer telephone enquiries in an efficient manner and ensure appropriate follow through using initiative to deal with routine enquiries.
- To notify the designated person in order to maintain adequate stationery supplies.
- To provide cover for the other members of the secretarial and administration team, and other Long Term Conditions administration teams as required.
- To use the relevant IT systems to register patients, transfer medical records, input clinical letters and care planning summaries, as required.
- To enter Referral to Treatment (RTT) pathway events accurately.
- To ensure that all clinical and non-clinical correspondence is typed within local targets, using the Infoflex system. (Audio and copy typing).
- Ensure appropriate follow up is actioned i.e. outpatient appointments, investigations, patients added to waiting lists, referrals to other departments etc.
- To identify areas for service improvement and support implementation.
- To enter, monitor and update all aspects of the Referral to Treatment (RTT) pathway events accurately and ensure Inter Provider Transfers (IPT) are completed and updated. Review statuses are to be updated at every patient interaction.
- Escalate to the Admin Team Leader any anomalies or concerns that arise.
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time. As the first fully integrated care organisation in England, we are working to improve the way we deliver safe, high-quality health and social care. We have a positive and vibrant working atmosphere, we are proud of our investment in our staff both in terms of developing potential career skills and valuing people.
If you provide support to a family member or friend with health or care needs, we aim to be a Carer-friendly employer. We have a ‘Staff Carers’ policy which includes flexible working where possible and a Carer’s Passport scheme that links you into support and discounts.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
- We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we encourage you to apply promptly.
- Please read the job description carefully and tailor your application to reflect the requirements of the role.
- Applicants who identify in their application form they are a part of the Armed Forces community will be guaranteed an interview, provided they meet the minimum essential criteria outlined in the job description and person specification for the role. Step into Health guidance can be found on our NHS Employers website.
- Correspondence will be sent via Trac, text, and email. Please ensure you check your email and Trac account regularly.
- Applicants with no previous NHS experience will ordinarily be appointed to the minimum of the band.
- If you have not received an invitation to interview within 28 days of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
- It is your responsibility to ensure the timely receipt of appropriate references.
The Trust is committed to preventing discrimination, valuing diversity and achieving equality of opportunity. No person (staff, patient or public) will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of the nine protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. If you require support you can obtain this from our Equality Business Forum which has representatives from all protected groups.