Clerk/ Typist - Clinical Chemistry

Main area Clinical Chemistry Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Part time – 15 hours per week (Days negotiable) Job ref 287-RMED-317-25

Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Liverpool University Hospital Town Liverpool Salary £24,465 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 27/10/2025 23:59

Band 2

Job overview

This post is open to employees of the five LAASP organisations. As part of your application, you will be asked to confirm that you are a current employee of The Clatterbridge Centre, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool University Hospitals, Liverpool Women’s Hospital or, The Walton Centre.

An opportunity has arisen for a Clerk /Typist to join the Clinical Chemistry team. The post holder will form part of the administration team and will work alongside experienced secretaries typing clinical letters and filing.

Interested applicants are required to hold an RSA/OCR Level I or equivalent qualification, have excellent communication skills and be flexible.

Experience of working within the NHS, good understanding and knowledge of medical terminology, the Trust Integrated Patient Management System (IPM) and use of EPRO (clinic letter tool) would be advantageous.

Main duties of the job

• Type dictation from audio transcription of clinical correspondence and documentation.
• Type discharge summaries as appropriate.
• Liaise with medical secretary of speciality accordingly, to ensure appropriate follow up arrangements/investigations are in place.
• Ensure all referrals and appointments are made in accordance with 18 week guidelines in liaison with medical secretaries
• Ensure all outgoing post is sent out timely and accurately.
• Assist the directorate in providing quality administrative support to the clinical teams.
• Accurate and timely input of basic data as required.
• Filing of test results appropriately in a timely manner.
• Ensure all letters and discharge summaries are copied to the appropriate professionals, including patients.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities – from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Filing of test results appropriately in a timely manner.
• Ensure all letters and discharge summaries are copied to the appropriate professionals, including patients.
• Retrieve, collect and book out case-notes as required.
• Photocopying/faxing and all general office duties
• Attend appropriate training, meetings and education sessions when required
• Work with managers and administrative staff to review working practices, ways of working and find solutions to problems.
• Work with team leaders/secretaries/managers to improve quality and range of services, with resources being managed according to agreed policies and procedures.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE/O Level standard/equivalent
• RSA/OCR Level I or equivalent
• Knowledge of medical terminology

Experience

• Excellent I.T. skills with knowledge and experience of all Microsoft office packages
• Experience of office procedures
• Previous experience of within NHS

Skills/Ability/Knowledge

• Able to use own initiative and manage/prioritise own workload
• Self motivated and able to work with limited supervision
• Ability to accurately maintain computerise and manual filing/documentation system
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability and willingness to undertake further training as required
• Knowledge of internal PAS system

Other

• Understanding of confidential nature of role and awareness of Data Protection Act

LAASP Employee

• Current employee of a LAASP organisation

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.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.

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.

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