Assistant Personal Assistant - APA - Ophthalmology

at  Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Ophthalmology team as an Assistant Personal Assistant (APA) for 6 months, to support a very busy department.
You will be working alongside a PA to 3 consultants and their respective clinical teams.
The post holder will be required to provide secretarial support and general office duties to a high standard including medical audio typing, theatre discharges, organisation of investigations and supporting consultant clinic utilisation.
You will also be required to provide cover for the Personal Assistant team during periods of absence. The post holder will need to be flexible in their working with good prioritisation skills.
Audio typing, excellent accuracy, attention to detail and communication skills are essential for this post. You will be liaising with various individuals from patients, peers, nursing staff to consultants.
The ability to work under pressure, prioritise your workload and use one’s own initiative are also essential in this role. A knowledge of excel, medical terminology and experience using the internal PCS system would be desirable.
Medical audio typing
Secretarial support
General administration duties
Theatre discharges
Telephones / voicemail
RTT validations
Supporting consultant clinic utilisation
Covering PA absences
Keeping up to date with mandatory training
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester (population 357K). The Trust provides high quality planned and emergency care, cardiac, critical care, child health, maternity services and intermediate care at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.
The Trust provides over 500 beds and employs over 5,100 members of staff. A comprehensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools through our Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership.
We have played, and continue to play, a proactive role in the development of Integrated Care plans across Cheshire & Merseyside and our local Cheshire East and Cheshire West Place-based systems. We believe, and it is the cornerstone of our five-year Trust Strategy, there is the opportunity to progress innovative, responsive and effective care in the best setting for the patient, be it in the hospital or out in the community.
At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.
We welcome all applicants and assess all job applications based on knowledge, skills and experience needed for the post.

EDUCATION/LEARNING

Take responsibility for own learning and development by recognising and taking advantage of all opportunities to learn, including full participation in KSF/appraisal, supervision, action learning and by maintaining a professional/personal portfolio of learning.
Assist with systems and processes to ensure that learning needs are identified and met, and that all learning is planned, implemented, evaluated and shared in order to change and improve services according to changing health care needs.
This job description is an outline of the role and function. It is not intended to describe all specific tasks

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