Typist - General Surgery

Mcht; Crewe; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) invites applications for a General Surgery Administration Team position. The role supports secretarial services, typing, and clerical duties across Colorectal, Upper GI, Vascular and Breast divisions.

You will work in a shared office, providing accurate administrative support to consultants and their teams. Strong communication, initiative, and typing skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Proficient typing skills and fast, accurate keyboard input.
• Strong verbal and written communication abilities.
• Ability to work as part of a team within a busy department.
• Knowledge of medical terminology is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive secretarial service to the PA/APA and consultants.
• Organise arrangements, type and distribute documents and reports.
• Maintain patient information, filing, and prompt retrieval of data.
• Book appointments, arrange transport, and manage correspondence.

Skills

Typing

Communication

Teamwork

Education

ECDL or equivalent

Tools

PCS

Microsoft Office

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the General Surgery Administration Team, which incorporates, Colorectal, Upper GI Vascular and Breast.

We are looking for someone with fast, accurate typing skills and the ability to provide administration support to a busy team who provide a secretarial/administration Consultants and their teams.

You will be motivated, have excellent communication skills and be able to work on your own initiative. Knowledge of medical terminology and audio typing would be an advantage.

The post-holders will work as part of a team in a shared office environment.

Main duties of the job

• To assist the PA/ APA in providing a comprehensive secretarial service, organising and making arrangements, typing and distribution of documents and reports, recording information and filing, ensuring that all information and documentation is produced to expected standards of performance, and according to agreed timescales.
• Provide a comprehensive clerical service to the Divisions, undertaking all relevant work-related tasks including retrieval, preparation and filing of patient information/data, arranging transport, booking appointments, correspondence, photocopying, faxing and emailing, distributing reports and letters according to the requirements of the service, where appropriate.
• Maintain systems and process to ensure that patient information/data is available at the right time, that they are in the right place, and that they are complete and accurate according to the agreed quality standard.

Working for our organisation

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Update patient information/data when patients have been seen, according to the agreed quality standard, locate and retrieve supplementary documentation for patient information/data as required, filing diagnostic reports and essential documents in the appropriate place.
• Maintain the case note tracking system, ensuring that is functioning correctly, promptly solving and/or reporting difficulties and hold-ups.
• Be able to use the required electronic systems for correspondence, clinic management and the retrieval of results, as and when required.
• Maintain constructive relationships with others, within and across Divisions and externally in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of services to patients.

Please see full job description.

Qualifications & Knowledge

• Proficient in computer skills, ECDL or equivalent, Microsoft Office.
• Typing/ Keyboard experience
• Knowledge of hospital systems (PCS)
• Knowledge of Medical Terminology

Skills

• Demonstrate verbal and written communication skills,
• Ability to work as part of a team

Values

• Must demonstrate the Trust’s values around both raising concerns at work, and how to treat others who raise concerns.
• A commitment to quality and safety.

Key Messages

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Please let us know if you require an adjustment to our recruitment process and we'll be happy to discuss this with you.

We actively promote flexible working so please discuss any requirements you may have with us.

Secondments will be considered for fixed term positions when both parties agree. Candidates should seek approval from their current line manager before application.

• All correspondence will be sent via the email address you have registered as your TRAC account.Selection is based on the Trust's values, and the criteria outlined in the Job Description for the role.
• Appointments are subject to a 6-month probationary period. LED Doctors are subject to a 3-month probationary period.
• You are required to pay for a DBS disclosure where the post requires one, and we encourage applicants to join and remain registered with the DBS update service.
• We do not reimburse travel to interview expenses.