Clinical Typist Women - Carshalton, United Kingdom - Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Carshalton, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Description

Band 3:


Main area

  • Paediatrics
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Grade

  • Band 3
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Contract

  • Permanent
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Hours

  • Part time hours per week (4 days per week)
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Job ref
FM-AM-A-Y
Site

  • St Helier
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Town

  • Carshalton
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Salary
- £27,129 - £28,649 Pro-rata pa incl HCAS (Outer)
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Salary period

  • Yearly
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Closing

  • 14/11/2023 23:59 As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19._
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect.

We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork.

This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values


Job overview:


CLINICAL TYPIST SUPPORT FOR PAEDIATRICS:


Band
  • Permanent
:


We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic person to work within our Division based at Queen Mary's Hospital for Children at St Helier to support our performance with 10 day turnaround of patients letters.

Experience within the NHS and Paediatrics are desirable but not essential.

The successful applicant needs to have a flexible approach to work and have excellent typing and administration skills and to be comfortable working within a team.


Interview Date:

TBC:

Main duties of the job:

Work with Dictate IT to review letter accuracy - add any information needed.

Full typing skills and ability to work with clinical correspondence according to clinical priority in line with agreed standards and accuracy and within the locally and nationally agreed timeframes.

Promptly file case notes, correspondence and investigation results.

Ensure that all correspondence is checked and digitally signed by the appropriate consultant and sent out appropriately.

E-mail clinical correspondence to GP/originating referrer and send copy letters to patient.

Maintain quality assurance, accuracy, quality and turnaround times.

To liaise and work with patient pathway coordinators.

To prioritise own workload appropriately, referring any service concerns to the Team Leader in a timely manner.

Handle data relating to patients of a confidential nature, ensuring appropriate treatment of confidential information.

Upload and download voice files and maintain the voice file tracking system.


Maintain good relationships with patients and other members of staff, ensuring a high degree of confidentiality and integrity at all times.


Working for our organisation:


Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey.

In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.


We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life.

We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas.

Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.


Detailed job description and main responsibilities:


Person specification:


Qualifications:


Essential criteria:


  • Good standard general education
  • RSA II Typewriting, word processing or equivalent
  • AMSPAR qualification

Desirable criteria:


  • RSA II typing or equivalent
  • Medical terminology qualification
  • ECDL
  • NVQ Level 2 Admin and Clerical

Experience:


Essential criteria:


  • Clerical experience including typing services
  • Customer care experience

Desirable criteria:


  • Previous NHS experience
  • Experience of using digital transcription equipment

skills:


Essential criteria:


  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Knowledge of medical terminology
  • Fast and accurate audio typing skills and ability to accurately transcribe complex audio voice files
  • Accurate touch typing

Desirable criteria:


  • Knowledge of Comm Paediatrics

Our mission:
'to put the patient first by delivering great care to every patient, every day

':

There's never been a better time to join the Epsom and St Helier team.

Our hospitals are facing a bright and busy future, and our staff have a proven track record in providing high quality, compassionate care for our patients.


Boasting incredible staff benefits and dedicated training schemes, working for us will not only take your career forward, but could help to transform the lives of our patients and visitors.


We offer all employees some fantastic staff benefits, and are the only hospitals in Surrey to offer staff the London high cost area supplement.

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