Audio Typist

NHS; Oswestry; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS orthopaedic hospital is seeking Audio Typists to provide professional typing services for clinical staff. The role involves typing various medical documents accurately, liaising with staff, and ensuring timely processing of clinic letters. Candidates should have RSA Level 2 in typing and audio typing and experience in a medical environment. This position offers part-time and full-time options, Monday to Friday only, within an esteemed institution promoting professional development and staff satisfaction.

Benefits

Access to professional development opportunities

State-of-the-art facilities

Strong staff and patient satisfaction

Qualifications

• Experience of producing volumes of typing to a high standard.
• Able to work with a range of computer systems for transcription and administration.
• NHS experience and/or medical terminology experience.

Responsibilities

• Typing clinic letters, operation notes, and correspondence with accuracy.
• Checking outcomes of clinic attendance.
• Answering phone calls and scanning documents into EPR records.

Skills

Clear communication skills

Attention to detail

Ability to manage workload unsupervised

Education

RSA level 2 Typewriting and audio typing (or equivalent)

English GCSE at Grade C – or equivalent

AMSPAR diploma

ECDL/NVQ

Tools

Word Microsoft Office

SF4

EPR

Job description

Go back Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Audio Typist

The closing date is 16 January 2026

We are recruiting for full and part-time Audio Typists.

The role is to assist in providing a comprehensive and professional audit typing service to clinical staff in the Trust, in conjunction with other secretaries working within the Team. The role will include audio typing and liaising as necessary with other staff in the Team.

Full and part-time roles are available from 18.75 hour per week, up to 37.5 hours per week (full time). Monday to Friday working days only.

Under current Home Office Immigration Rules, this role does not meet the UK Visas and Immigration criteria and the position is not therefore eligible for skilled worker sponsorship. Applications from candidates that require skilled worker sponsorship will NOT be shortlisted.

Main duties of the job

Typing of clinic letters to patients and other healthcare professionals with accuracy and attention to detail. Processing these letters to the patients and healthcare professionals. Checking outcomes of the clinic attendance. Answering phone. Scanning into patients EPR record.

About us

The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic NHS Trust (RJAH) is one of the leading orthopaedic hospitals in the country, with some of the highest levels of staff and patient satisfaction, as well as a strong reputation for research and innovation.

Joining RJAH is more than just a job – we want our people to have the best opportunities to thrive in their role. We have a range of fantastic staff benefits on offer to everyone who joins RJAH and you'll have access to outstanding professional development opportunities and state-of-the-art facilities – including our recently-opened £6 million Headley Court Veterans' Orthopaedic Centre (the first unit of its kind in the UK). RJAH has strong links with a range of universities including Staffordshire, Keele, Glyndwr, Chester and Birmingham. The hospital is located on a site outside Oswestry in Oswestry, just off the A5. The nearest train station is in Gobowen, approximately two miles from the hospital. The station is part of the Chester to Birmingham line. We are based in North Shropshire, close to the border with North and Mid Wales. It is one of the most attractive parts of the country, with a rich historic culture and excellent transport links. It offers outstanding opportunities for anyone who enjoys an outdoor lifestyle or is looking to raise a family.

Job responsibilities

To type clinic notes, operation notes, pre operative notes, ward notes, specialist reports, discharge summaries, conference notes and correspondence of varied medical terminology, accurately through audio typing distributing as necessary to the relevant healthcare professions. This work involves a significant use of word processing and the Trusts computer systems, SF4, PAS, EPR and Word Microsoft Office and digital dictation system.

Process incoming mail and distribute as necessary on a daily basis.

To scan documents into the correct section of the patients EPR record, performing a quality assurance check for each scanned document.

To regularly check Big Hand for urgent dictation. Also checking for missing dictations and alerting the Medical Secretary.

Ensure all clinical letters are completed and dispatched, where possible, within the 10 day standard as directed by the Trust liaising with medical staff to encourage dictation and signing of letters in a timely fashion.

Complete Inter Provider Transfer forms accurately to effectively coordinate patients pathway with other hospitals.

Requesting external case notes and x-rays via IEP.

The use of photocopying handling skills and fax machine skills to reproduce or fax documents as required.

Ensure that all entries and information on the hospital computer systems such as PAS and EPR are accurate and complete.

To liaise with the Medical Secretary and when directed to answer incoming telephone calls as well as carrying out external telephone calls.

The ability to deal with frequent interruptions whilst maintaining levels of concentration.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

• RSA level 2 Typewriting and audio typing (or equivalent)
• English GCSE at Grade C – or equivalent
• AMSPAR diploma
• ECDL/NVQ

Experience

• Experience of producing volumes of typing to a high standard
• Able to work with a range of computer systems for transcription and administration
• NHS experience and/or medical terminology experience

Aptitudes and Attributes

• Demonstrates clear communication skills and a professional manner
• Able to manage own workload unsupervised.
• Able to pay attention to detail and follow actions through to completion

Values

• Demonstrates commitment to the Trust's published values

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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