Cardiology - Secretary Support

Job overview

Cardiology - Secretary Support

Fixed Term - 9 months until February 2027

22.5 hours per week

To assist in providing high quality, safe patient care through the delivery of an effective, efficient and responsive administrative and clerical service which meets the needs of the service.

This will be achieved by working in a supportive team, supporting colleagues, other Trust services if required, the senior medical administration team and management, to ensure the team provide effective administrative tasks.

****Important Notice on Visa Sponsorship Eligibility****

Please note that whilst the trust does offer sponsorship this role is unfortunately not eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Health and Care Worker/Skilled Worker Route visa route. This is due to the position not meeting the minimum salary threshold of £41,700 per annum and/or the required skill level set by UK Visas and Immigration.

We appreciate your interest in this opportunity and encourage applications from candidates who already have the right to work in the UK.

Main duties of the job

• To provide typing support to the Cardiology Department.
• To provide clerical support to the Cardiology Department.
• Provide admin support two one or more cardiology consultants.
• To open mail, collate patient results and scan to electronic patient records.
• To process patient letters to prepare for postage.
• To understand and interpret functional/medical/legal terms and organisational policies
• Ability to deal with non-routine issues such as problem solvingAct as the link between consultants, clinicians and other areas to ensure care is delivered in a coordinated and efficient way.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require a Standard DBS check at a cost of £26.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.