Job Description
We are looking for a Medical Secretary to help provide the support in the General Surgery Department at William Harvey Hospital, Ashford.
Would you like to be part of a Trust that value, recognise and celebrate staff members? Who work as a team to provide a high-level service? If yes, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.
We have a temporary position available for a Medical Secretary to help provide the support in the General Surgery department at William Harvey Hospital, Ashford.
Pay Rate: £11.14 per hour.
The working hours for this position are:
37.5 hours per week, Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm
This assignment will be starting ASAP and is due to last roughly 2 months. Once this assignment ends, you will be fully registered with NHSP and we will look for another assignment for you ASAP.
Essential Experience:
NHS experience
Allscripts experience
Desirable Experience:
Experience with EDN & EPR
Secretarial experience
Job Description:
JOB PURPOSE
Manage and monitor patients through their treatment pathway ensuring compliance to RTT, cancer pathways and local waiting time standards.
Key liaison between the Trust and outsourced dictation services, or voice recognition services, for the majority of clinical administration.
Provide comprehensive administrative, clerical and audio typing support to consultants and their teams.
Work in a team based secretarial service providing support for each other and ensuring continuity of the service.
Act as a key point of liaison between patients, GPs, other staff and outside agencies.
KEY RESULT AREAS
Manage and monitor patients through their treatment pathway ensuring compliance to RTT, cancer pathways and local waiting time Standards.
Act as first point of contact on behalf of the consultant and the Trust and deal effectively with all enquiries from GPs, patients, other departments within the Trust and all other departments, in line with Trust Values.
Action all enquiries, effectively, and respond and escalate where appropriate.
Manage clinical dictations on digital dictation or voice recognition systems and administer as required. Transcribe consultant admin and ward rounds if applicable.
Maintaining an effective filing system, including use of scanning systems.
Attend relevant departmental meetings for example: Team meetings, Admin Forums etc.
Prioritise workload to meet demands of the service.
Process referral letters appropriately, ensuring they are registered to the Patient Service Centre.
Effective management of the patient pathway, including monitoring of diagnostics and booking follow up appointments, adhering to government standards. Escalate issues where necessary.
Scan investigation results, escalate any issues and highlight concerns that require urgent intervention.
Monitor consultants' absence ensuring clinics are managed accordingly, following the Clinic Maintenance Policy.
Participate in ensuring that Health & Safety guidelines are adhered to.
Participate in Trust's quality improvement initiatives.
In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits: -
Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week!
First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England
Dedicated consultants
Flexible working options
Free DBS and free training
Build holiday allowance
Support when you need it - 24/7 365 days
Stakeholder pension scheme
Who are NHS Professionals?
NHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS.
Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts don't have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 126,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is then reinvested back into the NHS.
Register today for various flexible working options and long-term placement opportunities.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Disclaimer
Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £11.14 per hour
Schedule:
Monday to Friday
Experience:
NHS: 1 year (preferred)
Allscripts: 1 year (preferred)
Reference ID: EKENT51154
Would you like to be part of a Trust that value, recognise and celebrate staff members? Who work as a team to provide a high-level service? If yes, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.
We have a temporary position available for a Medical Secretary to help provide the support in the General Surgery department at William Harvey Hospital, Ashford.
Pay Rate: £11.14 per hour.
The working hours for this position are:
37.5 hours per week, Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm
This assignment will be starting ASAP and is due to last roughly 2 months. Once this assignment ends, you will be fully registered with NHSP and we will look for another assignment for you ASAP.
Essential Experience:
NHS experience
Allscripts experience
Desirable Experience:
Experience with EDN & EPR
Secretarial experience
Job Description:
JOB PURPOSE
Manage and monitor patients through their treatment pathway ensuring compliance to RTT, cancer pathways and local waiting time standards.
Key liaison between the Trust and outsourced dictation services, or voice recognition services, for the majority of clinical administration.
Provide comprehensive administrative, clerical and audio typing support to consultants and their teams.
Work in a team based secretarial service providing support for each other and ensuring continuity of the service.
Act as a key point of liaison between patients, GPs, other staff and outside agencies.
KEY RESULT AREAS
Manage and monitor patients through their treatment pathway ensuring compliance to RTT, cancer pathways and local waiting time Standards.
Act as first point of contact on behalf of the consultant and the Trust and deal effectively with all enquiries from GPs, patients, other departments within the Trust and all other departments, in line with Trust Values.
Action all enquiries, effectively, and respond and escalate where appropriate.
Manage clinical dictations on digital dictation or voice recognition systems and administer as required. Transcribe consultant admin and ward rounds if applicable.
Maintaining an effective filing system, including use of scanning systems.
Attend relevant departmental meetings for example: Team meetings, Admin Forums etc.
Prioritise workload to meet demands of the service.
Process referral letters appropriately, ensuring they are registered to the Patient Service Centre.
Effective management of the patient pathway, including monitoring of diagnostics and booking follow up appointments, adhering to government standards. Escalate issues where necessary.
Scan investigation results, escalate any issues and highlight concerns that require urgent intervention.
Monitor consultants' absence ensuring clinics are managed accordingly, following the Clinic Maintenance Policy.
Participate in ensuring that Health & Safety guidelines are adhered to.
Participate in Trust's quality improvement initiatives.
In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits: -
Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week!
First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England
Dedicated consultants
Flexible working options
Free DBS and free training
Build holiday allowance
Support when you need it - 24/7 365 days
Stakeholder pension scheme
Who are NHS Professionals?
NHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS.
Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts don't have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 126,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is then reinvested back into the NHS.
Register today for various flexible working options and long-term placement opportunities.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Disclaimer
Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £11.14 per hour
Schedule:
Monday to Friday
Experience:
NHS: 1 year (preferred)
Allscripts: 1 year (preferred)
Reference ID: EKENT51154
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