Clinical Typist Paediatrics Epsom

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Knowledge of Comm Paediatrics
  Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
  References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
  Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
  DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

Work with Dictate IT to review letter accuracy – add any information needed. Full typing skills and ability to work with clinical correspondence according to clinical priority in line with agreed standards and accuracy and within the locally and nationally agreed timeframes.
Promptly file case notes, correspondence and investigation results.
Ensure that all correspondence is checked and digitally signed by the appropriate consultant and sent out appropriately.
E-mail clinical correspondence to GP/originating referrer and send copy letters to patient.
Maintain quality assurance, accuracy, quality and turnaround times.
To liaise and work with patient pathway coordinators.
To prioritise own workload appropriately, referring any service concerns to the Team Leader in a timely manner.
Handle data relating to patients of a confidential nature, ensuring appropriate treatment of confidential information.
Upload and download voice files and maintain the voice file tracking system.
Maintain good relationships with patients and other members of staff, ensuring a high degree of confidentiality and integrity at all times.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.