Job requirements
Essential
6 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Demonstrate verbal and written communication skills,
- Skills
Ability to work as part of a team
- Values
Must demonstrate the Trust’s values around both raising concerns at work, and how to treat others who raise concerns.
- Values
A commitment to quality and safety.
- Qualifications & Knowledge
Proficient in computer skills, ECDL or equivalent, Microsoft Office.
- Qualifications & Knowledge
Typing/ Keyboard experience
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications & Knowledge
Knowledge of hospital systems (PCS)
- Qualifications & Knowledge
Knowledge of Medical Terminology
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the General Surgery Administration Team, which incorporates, Colorectal, Upper GI Vascular and Breast on a 12 month fixed-term opportunity.
We are looking for someone with fast, accurate typing skills and the ability to provide administration support to a busy team who provide a secretarial/administration Consultants and their teams.
You will be motivated, have excellent communication skills and be able to work on your own initiative. Knowledge of medical terminology and audio typing would be an advantage.
The post-holders will work as part of a team in a shared office environment.
Main duties of the job
- To assist the PA/ APA in providing a comprehensive secretarial service, organising and making arrangements, typing and distribution of documents and reports, recording information and filing, ensuring that all information and documentation is produced to expected standards of performance, and according to agreed timescales.
- Provide a comprehensive clerical service to the Divisions, undertaking all relevant work-related tasks including retrieval, preparation and filing of patient information/data, arranging transport, booking appointments, correspondence, photocopying, faxing and emailing, distributing reports and letters according to the requirements of the service, where appropriate.
- Maintain systems and process to ensure that patient information/data is available at the right time, that they are in the right place, and that they are complete and accurate according to the agreed quality standard.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Update patient information/data when patients have been seen, according to the agreed quality standard, locate and retrieve supplementary documentation for patient information/data as required, filing diagnostic reports and essential documents in the appropriate place.
- Maintain the case note tracking system, ensuring that is functioning correctly, promptly solving and/or reporting difficulties and hold-ups.
- Be able to use the required electronic systems for correspondence, clinic management and the retrieval of results, as and when required.
- Maintain constructive relationships with others, within and across Divisions and externally in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of services to patients.
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This advert is for Typist - General Surgery with Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Crewe, England. It is listed as a Band 2 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £25,272 PA. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed term). The application deadline is 04 Oct 2026.
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