Audio Typist - Acute Services - Urology

NHS National Services Scotland; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Urology department at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde for a medical audio typist. The successful candidate will join a dedicated team, providing essential typing services that contribute to high standards of patient care. The position requires excellent audio typing skills, the ability to manage one's workload effectively, and a strong commitment to confidentiality. This full-time role demands initiative and the capacity to meet urgent deadlines, ensuring seamless healthcare delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience as a medical audio typist is desirable.
• Ability to work independently and manage own workload.
• High degree of confidentiality required.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive typing service for Urological clinical team.
• Schedule own workload and ensure timely typing.
• Resolve unclear dictation and produce accurate outcome sheets.

Skills

Audio Typing

Confidentiality

Problem Solving

Job description

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

This is a permanent, full time position.

The shift pattern for this position is Mon-Fri.

An exciting opportunity has arisen with the Urology department.

To provide a comprehensive typing service to the Urological clinical team. Working in the busy Urology department you will join a team of staff dedicated to providing a high standard of patient care as well as supporting the secretarial team. Occasional assistance in other admin roles may be required within the service. Although working as part of the team is essential, you will also need to work using own initiative and on occasion without supervision. This role is interesting and challenging as much of the work is urgent and timely completion of work plays an important part in the patient's pathway ensuring that other health care professionals are fully aware of the patient's treatment and condition. The role is largely audio typing using a digital dictation system and experience of working as a medical audio typist is desirable.

You will also be required to

· use your own initiative and competency whilst exercising a high degree of confidentiality.
· be responsible for scheduling your own workload to ensure typing is
done within turnaround targets.
· be responsible for producing accurate outcome sheets for the relevant
secretaries to act on which will include being proactive in understanding
how to pull such data from dictation.
· resolve problems including incorrect or unclear dictation.

Informal contact: Md Mostafizur Rahman, 0141 201 3532 / 07960 959 055, [e-mail]

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.

This role does not meet the eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa or a Heath and Care Worker visa. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is unable to provide candidates or employees with a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS).

Due to the anticipated response to this post it may close before the closing date noted on the advert therefore once you start your application form please complete it immediately.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.

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