Clerical Officer | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; Presencial; GBP 18 000 - 23 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Staff benefits

Resumo da oferta

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clerical Officer to join the Breast Unit. The role involves providing a professional administration service, handling queries, data entry, and booking appointments, with a focus on accuracy and patient care.

The post supports the team across core hours, offers location flexibility within the Breast Screening Service, and may involve working across both sites of University Hospitals Tees. Applicants from diverse backgrounds are welcome.

Qualificações

• GCSE level or equivalent and good numeracy/English skills.
• Strong interpersonal and organisational abilities; able to work in a team.
• Ability to work independently and use initiative to support patient administration.

Responsabilidades

• Provide efficient administration support to patients attending the breast unit.
• Data entry using IT systems with accuracy.
• Cover reception, logging attendees and booking appointments.
• Handle queries from service users including GPs, patients and external departments.
• General office duties and maintaining supplies.
• Collect notes from Health Records.
• Work across sites within University Hospitals Tees as required.

Conhecimentos

Data entry

Phone handling

Organisation

Teamwork

Communication

Formação académica

GCSE level or equivalent

Ferramentas

Microsoft Windows

IT systems

Booking systems

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Clerical Officer | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

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We are looking for a friendly individual with a positive approach, to work as part of the team in the Breast Unit. Suitably qualified applicants are invited to apply for the post of Clerical Assistant, joining a dedicated team of staff providing administrative support to the Department. The Breast Screening Service invites approximately 50,000 clients per year for well woman breast screening and also provides a Breast Symptomatic Service. This post holder will be a valuable member of the Team and will often be the first point of contact in representing the Service/Department.

A flexible approach to work within the core hours: Monday to Friday 8.00am to 6.00pm.

The post holder will join a team of friendly staff motivated to provide an efficient administration service to patients attending the department and will include but not limited to: provision of an effective and efficient administration office, dealing with queries and telephone calls in a professional manner.

The post holder will assist with data entry using appropriate IT systems. Good attention to detail and accuracy is a requirement of the role.

The role will require the post holder to collect notes from Health Records.

Provide cover at reception facilitating logging of attendees and booking appointments.

Dealing with queries from service users including GP, patients and other external departments.

General office duties as required.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates, including those who first language is not English.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

This post holder will be invaluable to the Breast Screening & Symptomatic Service helping to facilitate the administration service, providing cover at reception facilitating the logging of attendees against clinic lists, booking appointments using appropriate IT systems.

Dealing with queries from service users including the multi-disciplinary team within the breast service and with staff from other departments and external organisations, General Practitioners, patients and their representatives in a professional and courteous manner that is consistent with all legislation, policies and procedures including data protection and confidentiality, Sourcing any relating information that might help deal with a query, taking accurate written messages and passing more complex queries on to relevant staff (if appropriate to work area).

Operating various computer systems to facilitate the maintenance of client details dealing with queries relating to bookings, cancellation and re-appointing of appointments within agreed booking schedules and targets, ensuring that clinics are run effectively and adhering to all related legislation, policies and procedures. Adhering to the right results policy producing Breast Screening Results.

General office duties including filing, housekeeping, photocopying and maintaining stock of routine supplies.

The successful candidate will be educated to GCSE standard or equivalent having a working knowledge of Microsoft Windows and have good interpersonal and organisational skills and be a good team players as well as working individually using own initiative.

This advert closes on Wednesday 28 Oct 2026