Audio Typist

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you passionate about making a difference to the hospital and patient experience by providing a comprehensive administrative service to the Trust? Do you have a strong sense of responsibility for your own actions, love to be organised and disciplined and have a high level of attention to detail and accuracy? Do you take pride in all that you do and love to provide high levels of customer service?

If your answer to these questions is yes, then an audio typist role within Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust may be the right position for you.

These cover a range of working patterns and hours available to suit your needs, whether you're looking for full-time, part-time or flexible hours, evenings and weekends, and include both permanent and fixed terms positions. You'll also also have a choice of working locations, including our sites at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Northern General Hospital, Jessops Maternity Hospital, Weston Park Hospital, Charles Clifford Dental Hospital and Community Services.

When you apply just tell us your skills and experience, the kind of role, hours, and location you are looking for, and we'll help find the right job for you.

Main duties of the job

The NHS administrative workforce are focused on the ultimate outcome of quality hospital and patient care and have high standards when it comes to liaising with any person the service comes into contact with. They thrive on the busy nature of the role and remain positive, dedicated and determined to produce quality work for themselves and the team around them.

About us

At Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, we respect and value all of our staff, and the patients and communities we serve. We are a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provide excellent staff benefits, including pay, annual leave, pensions, staff discounts, and subsidised childcare.

We are also committed to professional development our staff. If you are successful in your application for this job role, you will be offered the opportunity to start on a Level 3 Business Administrator Apprenticeship.Completing the apprenticeship offers a gateway to further career opportunities and senior roles with us.

Date posted

22 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year pa/pro rata for part time staff

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

190-7400-DIR

Job locations

Various

Sheffield

S5 7AU


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for a detailed description of this roles main responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for a detailed description of this roles main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE at Grade C in English and Maths (or equivalent qualifications) or equivalent experience
  • OCR l or II Typewriting qualification or equivalent typing experience within an office environment

Desirable

  • NVQ Level II in Business Administration / Customer Service / IT

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within an office environment
  • Experience of working in a public facing role

Desirable

  • Relevant experience within the NHS

Special Abilities

Essential

  • Knowledge of / experience of using information and/or customer service systems.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages including Outlook, Excel and Word.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE at Grade C in English and Maths (or equivalent qualifications) or equivalent experience
  • OCR l or II Typewriting qualification or equivalent typing experience within an office environment

Desirable

  • NVQ Level II in Business Administration / Customer Service / IT

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within an office environment
  • Experience of working in a public facing role

Desirable

  • Relevant experience within the NHS

Special Abilities

Essential

  • Knowledge of / experience of using information and/or customer service systems.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages including Outlook, Excel and Word.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Various

Sheffield

S5 7AU


Employer's website

https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Various

Sheffield

S5 7AU


Employer's website

https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

sth.centralrecruitment@nhs.net

sth.centralrecruitment@nhs.net

sth.centralrecruitment@nhs.net

Date posted

22 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year pa/pro rata for part time staff

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

190-7400-DIR

Job locations

Various

Sheffield

S5 7AU


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