Typist/Administration Assistant - Oncology

at  Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Oncology Typist/Admin Assistant - Band 2
Division of Surgery & Cancer
An opportunity has arisen within the Oncology Department for a motivated and enthusiastic Typist to join their administration team.
The role is 14.5 hours per week. 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 service for visiting Oncology Consultants and their clinical teams. You will be motivated, well organised, possess excellent communication skills and be able to work on your own initiative. The post is primarily a role around typing of clinical letters and therefore knowledge of medical terminology and audio typing is desirable.
Previous experience in a similar role and knowledge of the hospital patient management system is essential.

SERVICE DELIVERY

1. 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,
2. 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,
3. 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.
4. Be able to use the required electronic systems for correspondence, clinic management and the retrieval of results, as and when required.
   Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K).
   The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford. The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff.
   An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance. With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022 the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester ‘places’ and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million.
   During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
   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.
   Please see the attached Job Description for a more detailed overview of the main responsibilities for this post

The post holder will assist the PA/APA to provide a comprehensive administration and typing service to the Consultant team/clinical professional team.