Clerical Officer - Cardiology Patient Admin

Job summary

Do you have excellent communication and administrative skills and can work effectively as part of a team? Do you enjoy working in a busy environment and want a challenge? Then this could be the role for you!

Main duties of the job At the Cardiology Admin, we are looking for a friendly, self-motivated, enthusiastic, and positive individual to join our team in a full-time position as a Clerical Officer. We are based at the Leeds General Infirmary.

You will be joining a friendly, supportive team of administration staff, secretaries, doctors and nurses. At LTHT, we pride ourselves of having the goal to be the best place to work, so if this is a role you are interested in, please apply to become the next Clerical Officer at Cardiology! Why join our team?

You will join a large, friendly and supportive team We will provide a full induction and training package tailored to your individual needs We are committed to continuous professional development for all our staff Access to support forums led by staff in key areas including BAME, LGBTQ+, health and wellbeing, disability networks and more!

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care.

We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Job description

Job

responsibilities

Why you should join our Team The successful candidate is expected to provide an efficient, effective and accurate administration to support the delivery of high standard and cost effective treatment for patients.

You will be responsible for making outpatient appointments, clinic preparation, updating patients medical records, dealing with patient enquiries, and supporting other healthcare professionals with a variety of administrative tasks Therefore, having excellent communication and organisational skills, being able to work as part of a team as well as being able to use own initiative and working towards deadlines are essential for this role If you have the skills to take on this role, please apply.

We want you on our team! What you will bring to

the role

Criteria: Educated to GCSE Grade C or above in English and Maths ECDL qualification or willingness to undertake such training Knowledge of Computerised Office Systems An Administrative qualification eg CLAIT, IBT (desirable) Willingness to undertake further professional development and training Experience in dealing with members of the public in an working environment Previous NHS experience including Office Administration experience (desirable) Experience of using administrative systems including data entry (desirable) Operation of hospital out-patient receptions (desirable) A good team player, with the ability to work in a diverse and demanding environment in a multidisciplinary team Excellent communication skills both verbally and written that are clear and concise Effective interpersonal skills Good organisational and time management skills Basic computer literacy and willingness to further undergo training Ability to use the Trusts Patient Administration System (desirable) Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

For questions about this job, contact: Sophie McGovern Patient Services Coordinator sophiemcgovern@nhs.net Shortlisting Date: w/c 5th October Interview Date: w/c 19th October About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Our Trust values The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are.

Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind Our Trust priorities Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time Our priorities: People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes Sponsorship Eligibility To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route.

Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here. We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential Please click apply to view applicant criteria Desirable Please click apply to view applicant criteria Experience Essential Please click apply to view applicant criteria Desirable Please click apply to view applicant criteria Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.