Freeman Hospital · 2 hours ago
Clerical Assistant
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. The Clerical Assistant role involves providing administrative support to clinical staff, handling telephone calls, and utilizing electronic health records to ensure efficient communication with patients and health professionals.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
To provide a high standard of support to Clinical staff handling telephone calls
To use an electronic referral process (SystmOne) to ensure requests are responded to in a professional, confidential and efficient manner
To receive requests from patients and carers, acute hospitals, GP practices, Social Services and health care agencies
To communicate directly with members of the public and other services
To abide by Trust policies and procedures
To be an effective part of the team contributing to the departmental objectives
Post holder will be expected to contribute to housekeeping and other office duties as required e.g. general tidiness, pre-determined stock levels are met and equipment is clean, and stored correctly
Qualification
Required
Office Procedures
Microsoft Office IT packages
Customer Care skills
Awareness of the need for confidentiality at all times
Working as part of a team
Working with minimum supervision using own initiative
Ability to work within a changing environment
Keyboard skills
Good standard of General Education
NVQ Level 2 or equivalent qualification / experience
Preferred
SystmOne IT package
Experience of working within a multi-agency environment
Experience of using SystmOne IT package (training will be given)
Awareness of NHS policies and procedures
ECDL
Company
Freeman Hospital
Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, UK
Funding
Current Stage
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