Support Secretary / Clinic Management
The Christie NHS FT
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to become a part of the Endocrine and Senior Adult Oncology Teams here at The Christie.
The successful candidate will provide a comprehensive and effective secretarial support service to the directorates' secretarial teams to assist with the day-to-day clinic management of the clinic templates. To ensure secretarial duties are carried out to a high standard in order to meet patient needs and to ensure that Trust targets are always maintained. To keep accurate, up-to-date patient records; to type clinic annotations and letters and to help ensure that future appointments are made.
The successful candidate should have excellent communication skills, typing and be able to prioritise their workload.
Main duties of the job
1.Works closely with the Medical Secretaries to provide comprehensive support for all clinical work within the directorate.
2. Work closely with clinicians to manage clinic templates including amending appointments slots, cancelling, reducing or adding new streams and adding ad hoc or new clinics onto the Patient Administration System (Careflow)
3. Audio typing of correspondence and results, ensuring tight turnaround times are met.
4. Is responsible for ensuring external correspondence is scanned efficiently into the patient electronic notes.
5. Appropriately disseminates a variety of correspondence/documentation across the department.
About us
The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
The team is made up of 3 x Medical Secretaries/Pa who provide support to:
4 x Endocrinology consultants, Junior Doctors and the Senior Acute Oncology Team.
We work on a hybrid approach of on-site and home working. This is managed via a weekly rota and must meet the needs of the service. There may be occasions where we will ask you to be on site for your full hours during periods of absence.
The office is open plan, and you will be based with the Secretaries/Pa and Support Secretary.
Date posted
17 July 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
413-84980-CSSS-LS
Job locations
Endocrinology Admin - E00254
Manchester
M20 4BX
Employer details
Employer name
The Christie NHS FT
Address
Endocrinology Admin - E00254
Manchester
M20 4BX