Clerical Officer

NHS Highland; Newcastle Local Municipality; On-site; ZAR 50 000 - 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider seeks a motivated, computer literate individual for an administrative role within the Macmillan Nursing Team. Responsibilities include answering calls, sending appointment letters, and typing reports. Applicants should possess experience in administrative support and excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills. This position offers the chance to be part of a supportive team in a leading healthcare organization located in Newcastle Local Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal.

Qualifications

• Experience in administrative and secretarial support.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide an administrative service to the Macmillan Nursing Team.
• Answer the telephone and send appointment letters.
• Type reports for the Nursing Team.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated and computer literate individual to provide an administrative service to a busy Macmillan Nursing Team. The main duties of the post will be to provide an administrative service to the Nursing Team by answering the telephone, sending out appointment letters to patients and typing of reports.

Applicants should have experience in the provision of administrative and secretarial support and possess excellent communication skills, interpersonal and organisational skills.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.

We employ over 10,700 people, making us one of the biggest employers in the area. As an organisation, we make a very significant contribution to the local economy.

Our staff are also important members of our communities. Our greatest asset is our workforce, and the way we go about our work comes from the values and behaviours we demonstrate on a daily basis. As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through .