Rheumatology TA Administrator/TNF Support Clerk

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a part time Rheumatology Therapy Audit monitor within the Nursing Allied Health Administration Unit at Tunbridge Wells Hospitals.

A good range of administrative skills, including basic knowledge of medical terminology, keyboard/word-processing etc is required including correct data input. The ability to organise your day and work as part of a team are also desirable. Applicants should be confident, self-motivated and be able to demonstrate good communication and organisational skills, along with a flexible approach to duties. The applicant should be able to demonstrate an interest to learn new skills. They should also hold relevant administration with word-processing qualification and ideally have previous NHS / medical experience.

Main duties of the job

• This position plays a key role in assisting the Rheumatology Team in safely monitoring the blood results of patients who have been prescribed disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs. The monitoring is done through a software system called TA monitor which picks up regular blood results of patients for MTW NHS Trust. The TA monitor administrator has responsibility for operating the system, printing all abnormal results that are flagged and alerting clinics to patients with abnormal.
• In addition, the database needs to be regularly updated and any changes to drugs must be recorded in order to ensure that the system operates safely. The postholder needs to use different sources of information to update the database, including PAS and document viewer facility. Pathology and notes from clinicians as they see patients in clinic.
• This position also incorporates an administrative role supporting TNF Co-ordinator with scanning and patient telephone calls as well as occasionally supporting Med Secs if requested in an emergency.
• Undertaking with the Team, both formal and informal review of the success and the development of this post within the team.

About us

In this year's NHS staff survey, our employees voted to recommend us as an employer, positioning us as the second most recommended NHS Trust in the South East.

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust's core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients - the first of its kind in the country.

We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.