Pathology support secretary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Oldham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust in Oldham is seeking an enthusiastic, friendly administrator to join the Cellular Pathology Department. The role provides an efficient secretarial and administrative service to consultants, their medical teams and laboratory staff.

You will handle enquiries in person or by telephone, perform word processing and input onto the pathology computer systems, type letters, scan reports, manage filing and support data reporting.

Job description

Enthusiastic, friendly and well-motivated individuals are needed to join the administration team within the Cellular Pathology Department.

This role will provide an efficient and effective secretarial and administrative service to the Pathology Department including Consultants, their medical teams and laboratory personnel.

• Provide secretarial support to the Cellular Pathology Services , Consultants and their medical teams, medical PA's
• Provide information and advice when dealing with enquiries either in person or by telephone from members of staff, patients, general practitioners and the general public, with subsequent referral to medical, scientific or administrative staff as appropriate.
• Resolve patient and staff queries; relay medical information between clinicians and general practitioners.
• Word processing/audio typing of complex laboratory reports and input onto the Pathology Computer system.
• Type/amend letters onto the Trust computer system
• Assist with the day to day scanning of laboratory reports.
• Process and dispatch departmental internal and external mail
• Devise and maintain departmental filing systems using departmental scanning system.
• Operate the Trusts computer systems including Patient Administration System, ALS System, Winscribe, Pathosys, COSD Protocol, Case Note Tracking, RIS System, SMART, ESR, email and intranet as appropriate.
• Operate the Pathology computer systems - LabCentre, QCLite, QPulse
• Sort and distribute Pathology reports to Wards, Departments and General Practitioners.
• Participate in and be responsible for the collation of data and producing of reports/projects on behalf of Consultant, Senior Management and Senior Technical staff e.g. on call rotas/updates, leave charts, crash plan etc.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Caroline Kavanagh Job title: Pathology Admin Supervisor Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0161 656 1010

Nicole Lynch

Pathology Admin Supervisor

0161 656 1009