Support Secretary, Nephrology

Job summary

Main duties of the job

The role will involve supporting the AKI nursing team by organising clinic appointments and typing of outpatient clinic letters as well as providing support to the existing Renal admin team on a day-to-day basis with their typing and other correspondence, dealing with enquiries from clinicians, GPs, other hospitals, patients and their relatives, updating medical records as well as data collation and input to support the work of the Midlands Renal Network and the attainment of divisional targets. In addition, there is a strong focus on supporting the Directorate Management Team with tracking and validation of patient pathways to achieve the national 18 week Referral to Treatment (RTT) target.

Job responsibilities

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.