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Secretarial Assistant Jobs in Torquay, England, United Kingdom at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Title: Secretarial Assistant
Company: Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Torquay, England, United Kingdom
The Audiology Department are looking for someone to provide high quality administrative support to the service. This will be to provide typing, administrative and clerical support to ensure an effective and efficient service in line with Standard Operating Procedures.
We would like you to be able to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service, in return we can provide some flexibility for you.
The post of for a fixed term of 18 months.
Type clinical and non-clinical correspondence and reports in accordance within local targets
Use the relevant IT systems to register patients, transfer medical records, input clinical letters as required
Undertake a variety of office duties, such as filing, opening and distributing post, photocopying, moving and lifting of patient notes to ensure the efficient and effective support to the department
Ensure that all results/reports/ correspondence are filed in the case notes in line with Health Records standards
Answer telephone enquiries in an efficient manner and ensure appropriate follow through using initiative to deal with routine enquiries
Identify areas for service improvement and support implementation
Provide cover for the other members of the secretarial and administration team, as required
Why Work With Us
The Audiology Service serves the population of Torbay and South Devon with a throughput of approximately 30,000 patients per annum. Patients are at the heart of everything we do, and this is reflected in the Audiology Departments ethos.
The Department has around 30 members of staff working across a range of grades, roles and specialisms. These specialisms include direct access hearing assessment clinic for adults, hearing assessment clinics for neonates and paediatrics, direct access tinnitus clinics, specialist adult rehabilitation services including hearing therapy, bone anchored hearing devices, vestibular assessments and a learning disability service.
The admin support role within the service is vital to ensure patient reports and referrals are dealt with in a timely manner to ensure patients get effective treatment and interventions’ when required.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Claire Rockett Job title: Head of Audiology Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 10803 655125
The advert may close early should we receive many applications
