Pathology Support Secretary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Salford; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust in Salford is seeking enthusiastic and friendly individuals for an administrative role in the Cellular Pathology Department. The position requires efficient secretarial support to medical teams and excellent communication skills. Benefits include competitive leave, flexible work opportunities, and a focus on health and wellbeing. Join a team committed to high standards of care and community health.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing

Qualifications

• Experience in providing administrative support in a healthcare environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients and staff.
• Proficiency in word processing and audio typing.

Responsibilities

• Provide secretarial and administrative support to the Pathology Department.
• Handle enquiries from staff, patients, and the public.
• Word process and input complex laboratory reports.

Skills

Secretarial skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Job description

Enthusiastic, friendly and well-motivated individuals are required for this post within the Cellular Pathology Department.

The post holder will be joining the administration team within the Cellular Pathology Department.

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

• Provide secretarial and administrative support to the Cellular Pathology Services Manager, Consultants and their medical teams, medical PA’s, senior management and senior technical staff.
• 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.
• To provide cover across all disciplines of the administration team.
• Receive and forward case notes to Health Records Department using correct Moving & Handling technique
• Word processing/audio typing of complex laboratory reports and input onto the Pathology Computer system.
• Type/amend letters onto the Trust computer system e.g. G, H drive.
• Assist with the day to day scanning of laboratory reports, keeping backlog to a minimum.
  
  

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: Amanda Jenkins Job title: Pathology Admin Supervisor Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0161 206 9227