Clerical Officer - St Pauls

The role will involve all aspects of administration work within the unit, call centre, reception work, registering of referrals, booking appointments, and preparation of relevant paperwork., Extract and prepare case sheets from the filing system for allocated clinics, cancellations, research and audit purposes.

Receive and book in patients on arrival in Out-patients/Primary care.

Make appointments as requested. Liaise with medical staff re overbooked clinics.

Deal with telephone and postal enquiries.

Ensure clinic booking summaries and clinic proformas are completed timely and accurately.

Open, sort and re-direct mail.

Enter referral letters onto the Hospital Information Support System and book new appointments as required

Make up and file new case notes.

Cancel and re-book clinic appointments according to given instructions.

Liaise with Clerical Team Co-ordinator re missing case notes.

Maintain and enhance an efficient and helpful attitude whilst undertaking the above duties.

Ensure all Out-patient discharges are recorded timely and accurately.

Ensure that attendances, DNA’s and discharges are recorded accurately and timely.

Deal with DNA follow up appointments.

Cover/rotation for other Clerical Officers will be required.

To undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade as delegated by the Clerical & Administration Manager/Clerical Supervisor.

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18^th birthday.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website – https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

Candidates must have previous experience, working in an administrative environment, preferably in the NHS, and be able to demonstrate good customer care skills. Candidates will also need to have excellent communication, planning and interpersonal skills, as the role involves working with different disciplines, and requires an organised and systematic approach to tasks

Candidates must be computer literate.

If you would like the challenge of working in a very busy department, then we would like to hear from you.