Assistant Medical Secretary - Heart and Lung
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Job summary
To work independently by managing and organising own workload providing administrative and reception duties for the Heart and Lung Unit and the upcoming Community Diagnostic Centre. Providing IT expertise regarding certain cardiac stand-alone programme namely Tomcat and provide flexibility for further future IT department developments.
You will be primarily be based in the Cardiology side of the department, but you will also provide cover and support for the Respiratory side.
Main duties of the job
Greet patients upon arrival, provide information relevant to their attendance and direct accordingly.
Changing of working environments to accommodate patients.
Confirm patient's attendance on MAXIMS and TOMCAT, change demographical information as necessary on both programmes, print new front sheet and labels if required.
Enter the outcome of each patient's attendance on the patient administration systems including procedure codes if appropriate.
Negotiate further appointments for patients if needed.
Support management of 52 week breaches.
Booking appointments for all inpatient and outpatient investigations.
Send echo images to radiology departments.
Arrange patient transport.
Order and maintain stationery and other stock enquiries.
Help organise patient surveys.
Enter EPS for Windows data, live British Cardiac Pacing IT programme and respiratory systems.
Enter and collection of data for Rapid Cardiology Service.
Liaise with the Referral Management Centre, other Hospital Departments within the Trust, Doctors, Health Care Professionals, GP's, other Hospital Trusts, industrial suppliers, patients, their carers and Primary Care Trusts.
Be involved with forms and letter designs.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Details
Date posted
04 July 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£22,816 to £24,336 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
229-MED-6313334
Job locations
Hereford County
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Hereford County
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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