Clerical Officer - Burnley, United Kingdom - East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

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Burnley, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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The job is based within the Ophthalmology Admin Department at Burnley General Hospital.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and hard-working individual to join a team of Band 4 Medical Secretaries to support them within their roles.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clerical Officer/Audio Typist to join a very busy Ophthalmology Department to support the medical secretaries with their clinic typing etc

East Lancashire Hospital NHS Trust aims to deliver the highest quality care to its patients. We employ dedicated staff, some of which have won awards for their work and are internationally renowned.

With the support of our staff and the public we have ambitious plans to continue to raise the standard of patient care and services throughout East Lancashire.

The Trust offers care across three hospital sites and it is always responding to the changes in patients' needs, using state-of-the art facilities and equipment to treat three quarters of a million people each year.

Our vision is to provide the people of East Lancashire with the best up-to-date medical care, with respect, dignity and well being of all our patients at all times.

The main responsibilities of this role are to support the medical secretaries with their clinic typing. You will also be responsible for delivering and collecting case notes to and from Medical Records and Clinics.

You will also be required to track in casenotes waiting to be typed and distribute casenotes to Medical Secretaries as necessary.

Person Specification

Qualifications:

Essential criteria:

GCSE English Grade C or above

Keyboard skills

Desirable criteria:

RSA/OCR 2 Typing or RSA/OCR work processing

RSA/OCR Audio typewriting/proven ability of equivalent level of skill

Experience:

Essential criteria

Clerical experience normally six months

Desirable criteria:

Knowledge of medical terminology

Audio typing experience

Personal qualities:

Essential criteria:

Proven excellent communication skills

Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative

Ability to work to deadlines

Proven ability to keep information confidential

Ability to provide reasonable flexibility in working hours