Perioperative Digital Support Assistant

Job overview

The perioperative care team at the University Hospital Southampton NHS foundation trust (UHS) are delighted to be able to offer a fantastic opportunity for a customer focused, friendly and enthusiastic individual to join our expanding and innovative team. This role will involve talking to patients directly on a daily basis and following up a caseload of patients with behavioural change in the lead up to surgery under supervision of the clinical teams. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing administrative and patient support with My Medical Record (MyMR) to support the delivery of perioperative digital screening for patients. Other administrative tasks will include: booking and managing appointments, tracking of patients through their surgical journey and live support in the teams virtual surgery school sessions.

We believe that using technology wisely shows strong time management and commitment to innovation. However, personalizing your recruitment application to highlight your unique skills and experiences is crucial. Relying too heavily on generic, AI-generated content instead of drawing from your own strengths and accomplishments may lead to your application being rejected if multiple candidates present identical or similar information.

Main duties of the job

Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will need to be confident in the use of technology.

The successful candidate will be expected to manage their own workload, working both autonomously and as part of a team.

The ability to occasionally travel to our other hospitals is desirable. Working from home days may be offered once training is completed.