Clinical Typist

NHS; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Typist to join their Trauma & Orthopaedics Department. The role involves audio typing, maintaining patient records, and providing support within a fast-paced environment. The Trust values colleague wellbeing and offers a robust training program to ensure success in this rewarding position.

Qualifications

• Experience of working within an office environment.
• NHS experience is preferred.
• Ability to work under pressure and adhere to strict deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Audio typing of clinical letters and operation notes.
• Maintain patient pathway support.
• Deal with telephone enquiries from patients and clinicians.

Skills

Computer literacy

Medical terminology

Quality Customer Service

Education

Good general education including English GCSE at grade C or above

RSA II (or equivalent)

European Computer Driving Licence

Job description

Go back Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Typist

The closing date is 05 June 2025

Are you looking for a rewarding opportunity in the healthcare field? King's Mill Hospital's Trauma & Orthopaedics Department are seeking a dedicated Clinical Typist to join our dynamic team.

Key responsibilities:

• Maintain a high standard of support to the King's Mill and Newark Hospital patient pathway
• Audio typing of clinical letters, operation notes and discharge summaries as directed by the Patient Pathway Co-ordinator
• Prompt tracking in and out of case notes using the PAS system to maintain accuracy and completeness of all electronic records
• Deal with telephone enquiries from patients, relatives, clinicians and other members of Trust

The work is fast-paced and challenging but very rewarding. Your experienced colleagues will provide you with a robust training programme that will help you build the skills, knowledge and confidence that you need to become a successful Clinical Typist.

Apply now to join our team!

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

We know happy colleagues deliver better care. All our teams work in a supportive environment, which nurtures your wellbeing and provides opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We have an open, inclusive and diverse culture and we would like you to be part of the team.

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

• Computer literate with excellent keyboard skills
• Medical terminology
• Working knowledge of PAS and the NHS in general

Qualifications

• Good general education including English GCSE at grade C or above (or equivalent)
• RSA II (or equivalent)
• European Computer Driving Licence

Experience

• Experience of working within an office environment
• Quality Customer Service
• NHS experience

Contractual Requirements

• Ability to work under pressure and adhere to strict deadlines
• Good team member
• Diplomatic and tactful

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.

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust