Clerical Assistant

Clerical Assistant Newcastle upon Tyne

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Full Time Newcastle upon Tyne 20270 - 21318 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

We are looking to appoint Clerical Assistants to provide a high standard of clerical support to The Community Directorate clinical staff who are based in various sites across Newcastle. We are looking for reliable, flexible and motivated individuals to support the team.

These are full and part time permanent posts working with the Community Administration service. The posts will be to work within the 0-19 Service, The Single Point of Access Team and The Urgent Treatment Centres.

  • Interview Date: 14 April 2023
  • Full Time and Part Time available
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The post holder will work alongside other clerical staff to evaluate and prioritise workload in a busy environment and respond to the constantly changing needs of the service users in line with local and national targets. They will also provide a high standard of admin support to clinical staff handling telephone calls, using electronic referral process SystmOne or Telecare and receiving requests from patients and carers as well as professionals.

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
  • To provide a high standard of support to Clinical staff handling telephone calls.
  • To use an electronic referral process (SystmOne/Telecare) to ensure requests are responded to in a professional, confidential and efficient manner.
  • To receive requests from patients and carers, acute hospitals, GP practices, Social Services and health care agencies.
  • To communicate directly with members of the public and other services.
  • To abide by Trust policies and procedures
  • To be an effective part of the team contributing to the departmental objectives.
  • Post holder will be expected to contribute to housekeeping and other office duties as required e.g. general tidiness, pre determined stock levels are met and equipment is clean, and stored
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Clerical Assistant
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

www.nhs.uk
London, United Kingdom
Amanda Pritchard
$5 to $25 million (USD)
10000+ Employees
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