Cardiology - Secretary Support

STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Stockport; On-site; GBP 200,000 +; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Stockport seeks an administrator to provide high-quality clerical support to the Cardiology Department. Key responsibilities include typing and clerical tasks, processing patient letters, and collaborating with consultants and other staff. Offering substantial leave, NHS pension, staff discounts, and flexible working arrangements, this position is vital for patient care efficiency.

Benefits

Between 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS pension scheme membership

Salary sacrifice schemes

NHS Staff discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance for loans and savings

Local financial advice through Stockport Credit Union

Responsibilities

• Provide typing support to the Cardiology Department.
• Provide clerical support to the Cardiology Department.
• Admin support to one or more cardiology consultants.
• Open mail, collate patient results and scan to electronic records.
• Process patient letters for postage.
• Understand and interpret medical/legal terms and policies.
• Deal with non-routine issues like problem solving.
• Act as a link between consultants, clinicians and other areas.

Job description

To assist in providing high quality, safe patient care through the delivery of an effective, efficient and responsive administrative and clerical service which meets the needs of the service. This will be achieved by working in a supportive team, supporting colleagues, other Trust services if required, the senior medical administration team and management, to ensure the team provide effective administrative tasks.,

Responsibilities

• To provide typing support to the Cardiology Department.
• To provide clerical support to the Cardiology Department.
• Provide admin support to one or more cardiology consultants.
• To open mail, collate patient results and scan to electronic patient records.
• To process patient letters to prepare for postage.
• To understand and interpret functional/medical/legal terms and organisational policies.
• Ability to deal with non-routine issues such as problem solving.
• Act as the link between consultants, clinicians and other areas to ensure care is delivered in a coordinated and efficient way.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods. We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union - for local financial advice