Admissions Clerk and Support Secretary - Ipswich, United Kingdom - East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Ipswich, United Kingdom

3 days ago

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Are you looking for a career in the NHS and the chance to develop? Are you passionate about making a difference for our patients?

Due to recent investment and expansion of the general surgery team, an amazingopportunity has arisen for you to join us as a highly motivated Admissions Clerk and Support Secretary at Ipswich Hospital.

This is a key role in the department and you will be a highly valued member of the team.

We have full time, 37.5 hours per week weekdays available, however we would also accept part time with a minimum of 25 hours per week.

We have flexibility in regards to working hours.

We have permanent posts available and also a fixed term until 31st March 2024.For the fixed term post, internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only.

This is the ideal post if you are looking to take the next step in your career to become a medical secretary.

As an Admissions Clerk and Support Secretary you will play an integral part in patients receiving their surgical treatment including cancer treatments.

You will ensure their journey runs smoothly which helps reduce waiting times.

As part of your role you will liaise with multiple teams within the trust, including radiology, pre-assessment and the theatre department.

Working closely with the secretarial team and consultant body you will be responsible for booking a patient for their surgery and booking outpatient pre-operative assessments.

You will ensure your consultants' theatre lists are scheduled, prioritised due to clinical urgency and are fully utilised.

Other duties include typing patient letters and notes as dictated by the team and audit dictations. You will deal with queries from patients and book appointments. You will also assist the team with other admin tasks.

One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area.

We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of over 11,000 amazing colleagues providing care to 800,000 residents.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts.

Our Staff Health & Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone.

Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship.

All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

The post holder will often be the first point of contact for patients and will be required to deal with queries from GPs and other medical teams regarding patient care.

This role requires autonomy and teamwork, being flexible to support and cover colleagues in the department.

As part of a team, the post holder will also support the provision of an efficient and comprehensive secretarial support service to the Consultants and medical staff as well as provision of Theatre Admissions for the surgical departments.

The Support secretary will support maintaining a high level of audio typing, delivering accurate and up to date typing of clinic letters and correspondence via digital dictation / audio to a range of stakeholders including patients and GP's.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.