Cardiology Admin and Support Typist

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust; Northampton; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the region is seeking a part-time clerical support team member to assist the clinical teams. The role involves providing confidential secretarial and administrative services, handling patient inquiries, and overseeing administrative workload. Candidates should be organized, communicative, and able to maintain confidentiality. The position is onsite at Northampton General Hospital and requires 15 hours of work weekly, primarily on Thursdays and Fridays.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a clerical or administrative role.
• Excellent communication skills to handle sensitive information.
• Strong organizational abilities to manage multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Support a defined team of Clinicians with administrative tasks.
• Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Handle telephone inquiries from patients and staff efficiently.

Job description

Job Details

Part Time Thursday and Friday - 15 Hours per week.

Onsite working.

Responsibilities

To work as part of a clerical team to support a defined team of Clinicians. Provide a comprehensive, confidential secretarial and administration support service to the Consultants, Medical staff, clinical team and department (thereafter called Clinical Teams) on a day‑to‑day basis.

This support should normally be provided during the core hours of 8am and 6pm. However, flexibility from core hours may be required and will be determined locally depending upon the needs of the service.

Supervise and oversee the workload allocation of the administrative team when required.

Ensure confidentiality is maintained in all communications and that documents and other sensitive information are secure at all times.

Support with communication for all medical, professional and allied medical staff, both within this Trust and with external organisations, and patients, using judgment to facilitate a successful outcome of all enquiries.

Contribute to the development of the Directorate, maintain close cooperation and liaison with team members and support the efficient functioning of the Trust as a whole, as required.

Liaise with other hospital departments, GPs and other health‑care agencies when required.

Assist and help colleagues when the need arises.

Maximise the use of innovative IT systems.

Supporting the management and validation team.

Take direction from the Administration Manager and/or Medical Secretary Team to meet the administrative demands.

Ensure all correspondence for the Clinical Team, including clinical letters, discharge summaries, medico‑legal reports and results etc. are typed and dispatched promptly.

Deal with telephone enquiries from patients, relatives, carers and all staff groups providing information, directing and prioritising queries as appropriate, to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery.

Deal with concerned patients/relatives with tact, patience and discretion, especially when conveying sensitive information.

On receipt of test/investigation results, retrieve relevant patient notes and alert the Clinical Teams of any urgent or abnormal test results ensuring that relevant action is taken.

Demonstrate and supervise workplace activities to other members of the secretarial team as required maintaining a high standard of service to the Clinical Teams.

Assist in the coordination of Clinical Teams' diaries to ensure effective time management.

Attend meetings, as required (except Clinical Performance meetings) to ensure effective communication with all service users.

Providing cross‑cover within the administration team during absence and following relevant organisational policies such as notification of sickness absence and participation in individual appraisal.

Provide general administrative services as required by the department. Filing letters and reports in medical notes promptly and cross reference whenever necessary and general office filing. Photocopying, faxing and posting documentation. Receive and sort daily post, date stamp and distribute as appropriate.

Maintain and organises the diary of allocated Cardiology Consultants, notifying relevant individuals/department of Consultant annual leave, sickness, training dates etc.

About the Organisation

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

Our Excellence Values

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Integrity
• Courage

Diversity and Inclusion

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

About the Hospital

At Northampton General Hospital we provide general acute services and hyper‑acute stroke, vascular and renal services to people living in Northamptonshire. As well as this we are an accredited cancer centre and provide cancer services to a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire. We are proud to be the first hospital in the UK to have obtained Pathway to Excellence® designated accreditation from the American nurses credentialing centre (ANCC). We celebrate staff achievements and value the importance of working as one big team. That's why we talk about Team NGH. It's all about working together to provide the best possible care for our patients and supporting each other to grow and develop our skills. We are driven to helping you to be the best you can be.

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