Admin/clerical assistant

Job Description

Admin/clerical assistantNHS Professionals manages the temporary work placement (bank) at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and we are looking for a Admin/Clerical assistant.South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the thriving heart of the local community, Access to good NHS services is vitally important to more than 1.5 million patients, carers and families across the Tees Valley, North Yorkshire and beyond who dependand rely on them. It is the top priority of everyone who works at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust too. South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for the management of two North East hospitals, James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough,and Friarage Hospital in Northallerton.Title: Admin/clerical assistantBand: 2- £9.49/hourLocation: The James Cook University HospitalStart date: As soon as possibleWork Pattern: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pmThe Role:Pathology LIMS- desirable Excel would be an advantageTo support the outsourcing of histological cases to a commercial company for reporting and downloading the reports when available into the pathology computer system. This involves packaging slides for collection by courier and creating a spreadsheetof the cases sent. Accessing the commercial companies website and cutting and pasting the report from there into the pathology computer system (ILAB).Supporting the Secretarial team with admin for Pathologist diagnostic reporting on cases, including 2 week rule cancer cases, ensuring cases are referred for further work as required, which must be actioned to meet reporting turnaround times. Receive and make telephone calls to/from patients, relatives, GPs, wards and other NHS and non-NHS professionals/agencies, follow through all enquiries in a friendly and professional manner.

• The post holder will work as part of a dedicated, multi-skilled and flexible team of staff in order to provide an efficient, high quality service to the department.

• The post holder will be responsible for performing clerical and administration tasks associated with sending away cases for further testing and inputting the results onto the laboratory computer system following laboratory standard operating procedures(SOPs).

• Audio transcription and copy typing of diagnostic surgical histology and cytology reports into the laboratory computer system ILAB.

• The post holder will be expected to deal with direct queries from Medical Staff, Nursing Staff and other Service Users including telephone enquiries and taking appropriate action as necessary.

• The post holder will follow an in-house competency training programme.

• The post holder must demonstrate a commitment to abide by the Departmental, Trust and NHS values and Constitution.

In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits: -

• Work this week, get paid next - Get paid the following Friday when you release your timesheets by 23:59 on Sunday.
• Get paid to take holiday! - Holiday is accrued during every shift you work.
• Statutory maternity/paternity (subject to qualifying criteria)
• Access to our very own pension scheme called NHSP Stakeholder pension for eligible members
• Free training and development opportunities
• Support when you need it - 24/7 365 days

...and we are part of the NHS family!Who are NHS ProfessionalsNHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS.Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts do not have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 126,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is then reinvested back into the NHS.Register today for various flexible working options and long-term placement opportunities.We look forward to hearing from you soon. Disclaimer Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear fromus within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

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admin/clerical assistant