Freeman Hospital · 18 hours ago
Clerical Officer
Freeman Hospital is part of the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, a leading provider of specialized health services. They are seeking a Clerical Officer to provide administrative support in the Northern Cancer Centre, ensuring efficient communication and documentation for patient care.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
To provide and maintain efficient and effective administrative support and communications to the Ward Sister/ Charge Nurse and multidisciplinary team
Contribute to the delivery of a consistently high standard of patient care as part of the multi-disciplinary team
Ensures electronic notes, investigations, and patient documents/results are available for new admissions, and Treatment appointments
To ensure that patient documents are correctly maintained following departmental guidelines. Ensuring patient record systems are up to date and accurate
The post holder will perform A variety of clerical duties within a team providing efficient and effective support to the clinical and admin teams in Chemotherapy
Dealing with incoming and outgoing post
Managing referrals to the service, both paper and electronic
Production of clinic and other ad hoc patient letters
Dealing with telephone calls from the users of the departmental services
Daily postal duties
Print patient labels for documentation as required, amend database of addresses as changes occur
Photocopying as required
General filing duties
Reception cover as required
Training scheduling and chemotherapy staff to enable them to cover, when necessary, clerical duties within the department
Qualification
Required
English and Maths GCSE grade 9-4 (A-C) or equivalent level of qualification
Knowledge of office procedures
Good communication skills
Typing/keyboard skills
Preferred
Knowledge of medical terminology
Experience in health-related discipline
Benefits
Opportunities for in-house and trust training
Flexible working
Company
Freeman Hospital
Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, UK
Funding
Current Stage
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