Admin Clerk / Medical Typist Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

An opportunity has arisen for a Medical Typist/Admin Clerk in the Surgery & Anesthetic Department.

This role is to act as a link between the Medical Secretaries ensuring all communication is passed on accurately whilst upholding confidentiality.

Key Responsibilities:

1. To be able to prioritise workloads and have the ability to work under pressure maintaining accuracy and meeting deadlines.
2. Typing of letters from outpatient clinics and any other general correspondence where necessary.
3. Clerical tasks as required, i.e., photocopying, scanning, answering telephones etc., to support team members.
4. Audio typing clinics and admin, uploading sensitive information onto patients\’ medical notes and general admin.
5. On the request from the Team Leader, you may be required to cover colleagues within any of the specialties during absences/annual/sick leave. You may also be required to undertake job rotation for cross cover as well as for development and training purposes.
6. To ensure that all equipment such as computers, printers, etc., which are used, are in working order, contacting the relevant department/personnel if they are not.
7. Offer advice and support and demonstrate duties to new members of staff.
8. To be able to work on own initiative and make decisions within written guidelines, sometimes without reference to others.
9. Undertake any other ad hoc duties as requested by the Team Leader or Divisional Administration Team.

Please note although this post is based at HRI, all posts have an expectation of working cross-site between Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Calderdale Royal Hospital services subject to service needs as required.

This advert closes on Sunday 5 Jan 2025.

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