Medical Personal Assistant

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and proactive Medical PA to join our busy and dynamic team in Clinical Administration.

You must be highly motivated and committed to provide, high-quality administrative and PA support to multiple consultants and their clinical teams in The Child Development Centre.

The post will be based at Fairfield General Hospital.

Main duties of the job

A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, RSA III or equivalent typing and knowledge of medical terminology are essential for this post. Knowledge of the 18-week patient pathway would be desirable but not essential, as training will be given.

As the role involves dealing with the public and professionals you must be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills. You will have a flexible and professional approach.

You will have proven organisational skills and be able to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team.

About us

We have four core values which are a focus for how our staff and volunteers work with each other to provide care for our patients. We think of our values as a set of guiding principles to refer to when making decisions and interacting with people and they help us to work together to continuously improve the organisation and ourselves.

Patient and People Focused

Accountability

Respect

Continuous Improvement

Date posted

21 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

236-NCA-AC688-23

Job locations

Northern Care Alliance, Fairfield General Hospital

Rochdale Old Road

Bury

BL9 7TD


Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • AMSPAR Advanced Medical Secretarial Diploma including Medical Terminology or equivalent demonstrable skills/experience
  • Word processing - Qualified to RSA level III/NVQ level 3 or equivalent qualification /demonstrable skills (60+ wpm at 98% accuracy)
  • ECDL or equivalent qualification/demonstrable skills
  • English GCSE/'O' Level grade C or above/equivalent qualification/demonstrable skills

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in undertaking a full range of office management and secretarial procedures and their application to improve service efficiency and effectiveness in a hospital environment
  • Experience of using Microsoft Office applications such as Word and Outlook
  • Experience of medical audio typing
  • Experience of using IM&T systems for data extraction/entry
  • Experience of successfully working within tight time frames and to deadlines

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of Information Governance with regard to maintaining confidentiality of person identifiable information

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner
  • Proven organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload with interruptions and changing priorities
  • Understanding of local and national access targets, choose and book and how role fits with these initiatives
  • Proven application of medical terminology within at least one specialty
  • Good command and understanding of English, punctuation and grammar
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • AMSPAR Advanced Medical Secretarial Diploma including Medical Terminology or equivalent demonstrable skills/experience
  • Word processing - Qualified to RSA level III/NVQ level 3 or equivalent qualification /demonstrable skills (60+ wpm at 98% accuracy)
  • ECDL or equivalent qualification/demonstrable skills
  • English GCSE/'O' Level grade C or above/equivalent qualification/demonstrable skills

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in undertaking a full range of office management and secretarial procedures and their application to improve service efficiency and effectiveness in a hospital environment
  • Experience of using Microsoft Office applications such as Word and Outlook
  • Experience of medical audio typing
  • Experience of using IM&T systems for data extraction/entry
  • Experience of successfully working within tight time frames and to deadlines

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of Information Governance with regard to maintaining confidentiality of person identifiable information

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner
  • Proven organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload with interruptions and changing priorities
  • Understanding of local and national access targets, choose and book and how role fits with these initiatives
  • Proven application of medical terminology within at least one specialty
  • Good command and understanding of English, punctuation and grammar

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

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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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northern Care Alliance, Fairfield General Hospital

Rochdale Old Road

Bury

BL9 7TD


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northern Care Alliance, Fairfield General Hospital

Rochdale Old Road

Bury

BL9 7TD


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Operational Support Manager

Jade Macmillean

jade.macmillean@nca.nhs.uk

07977343511

Date posted

21 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

236-NCA-AC688-23

Job locations

Northern Care Alliance, Fairfield General Hospital

Rochdale Old Road

Bury

BL9 7TD


Supporting documents

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