Hospital Infirmary Administration Assistant - York, United Kingdom - Wild Berry Associates

Wild Berry Associates

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York, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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A hospital in Hull is looking for an administration assistant to join the infirmary team to help support with the below.

This will be a 3 month temporary booking with potential to extend to 6 months. Wages paid weekly one week in arrears by the agency.

Maintaining the departmental archive by filing paraffin processed tissue blocks, glass slides and patient request cards. Each block, slide and request card have a unique number and are stored in numerical order. This role does require some moving and lifting of boxes containing blocks.
Retrieving blocks and slides that are required for additional testing and slide review.
Assisting in maintaining the longterm archive, which requires completing tasks that require some manual handling.
Patient data entry inputting of patient details into the departmental computer system.
Basic admin and clerical duties assisting the current team of medical secretaries within the departmental office.
IT skills including word and excel.
Good communication skills and able to work well in a team.
Organisational skills and good attention to detail.
Ability to file items in numerical order and maintain concentration for considerable periods of time.
Some of the tasks are relatively physical and also require staff members to stand for some periods of time.
Some work will be carried out in a laboratory space so the staff member will be required to wear a lab coat. (Appropriate health & safety training will be provided; an understanding of this is not required)
An understanding of information governance is desirable but training can be given.

8 AM to 4 PM Monday to Friday is ideal but there can be flexibility within the hours of 7 AM to 5 PM.

No weekend working is required