Support Secretary - Respiratory Medicine

This post is open to employees of the five LAASP organisations. As part of your application, you will be asked to confirm that you are a current employee of The Clatterbridge Centre, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool University Hospitals, Liverpool Women's Hospital or, The Walton Centre.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 3 Support Secretary to join our secretarial team within the Respiratoryteam. The post requires an individual who is resilient and adaptable to work in a fast-paced professional environment.

You as a successful candidate will be working alongside an established team of Band 4 Medical Secretaries. You will play a pivotal role in supporting the secretarial team in ensuring work is completed in a timely manner.

You will be responsible for typing clinic letters, chasing results and providing support for the secretaries and service.

You should have good communication and organisational skills, be well-organised, flexible in approach and able to use your own initiative in prioritising your workload.

Extensive knowledge of medical terminology is essential, as are audio typing skills.

A key aspect of the role involves daily communication with patients, consultants, nurses and other health and care professionals and therefore the post holder must have exceptional non-verbal and verbal skills.

The available post is permanent 22.5 hours per week.

To produce accurate correspondence in a timely manner, typing from audio dictation.

*Provide day to day support to the PA/Medical Secretary team.

*Updating and inputting of patient information on to the appropriate systems and spreadsheet

*To book, reschedule and cancel appointments/clinics.

*Monitor clinic capacity

*Completing necessary actions required from correspondence and requests received.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit theircareers page.

Job responsibilities: Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

To provide a comprehensive support to consultants and speciality teams including nurse practitioners/clinicians.

To produce accurate correspondence in a timely manner, typing from audio dictation.

Support with 18-week Referral to Treatment pathways including tertiary referrals to external trusts and ensure these are accurately recorded on the Patient Administration System (PAS).

Keep track of referrals to ensure patients are reviewed promptly. Check follow up appointments are arranged in conjunction with RTT) patient pathway.

To book, reschedule and cancel appointments/clinics.

Check against clinical letters to ensure appropriate follow up arrangements/investigations are in place.

Deal with enquiries either on the telephone or face to face from patients, consultants, junior doctors and colleagues.

Ensure all correspondence relating to patient care is acted upon in a timely manner.

Job responsibilities: Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

To provide a comprehensive support to consultants and speciality teams including nurse practitioners/clinicians.

To produce accurate correspondence in a timely manner, typing from audio dictation.

Support with 18-week Referral to Treatment pathways including tertiary referrals to external trusts and ensure these are accurately recorded on the Patient Administration System (PAS).

Keep track of referrals to ensure patients are reviewed promptly. Check follow up appointments are arranged in conjunction with RTT) patient pathway.

To book, reschedule and cancel appointments/clinics.

Check against clinical letters to ensure appropriate follow up arrangements/investigations are in place.

Deal with enquiries either on the telephone or face to face from patients, consultants, junior doctors and colleagues.

Ensure all correspondence relating to patient care is acted upon in a timely manner.

• Educated to GCSE/O Level standard/equivalent
• RSA/OCR Level II or equivalent
• Word Processing/Audio typing Skills
• Knowledge of medical terminology and secretarial procedures

• Excellent I.T. skills with knowledge and experience of all Microsoft office packages
• Experience working in an NHS office environment

• Excellent communication skills
• Able to use own initiative and respond to new challenges
• Self motivated and able to work with limited supervision
• Manage/prioritise own workload
• Ability to accurately maintain computerise and manual filing/documentation system
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to manage difficult/sensitive situations
• Ability and willingness to undertake further training as required
• Knowledge of internal PAS system
• Ability to supervise and motivate a team
• Time management skills
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills
• Understanding of Trust internal policies as appropriate

Qualities/Attributes

• Able to adopt flexible approach when required
• Ability to build and maintain good working relationships

Other

• Understanding of confidential nature of role and awareness of Data Protection Act
• Current employee of a LAASP organisation

• Educated to GCSE/O Level standard/equivalent
• RSA/OCR Level II or equivalent
• Word Processing/Audio typing Skills
• Knowledge of medical terminology and secretarial procedures

• Excellent I.T. skills with knowledge and experience of all Microsoft office packages
• Experience working in an NHS office environment

• Excellent communication skills
• Able to use own initiative and respond to new challenges
• Self motivated and able to work with limited supervision
• Manage/prioritise own workload
• Ability to accurately maintain computerise and manual filing/documentation system
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to manage difficult/sensitive situations
• Ability and willingness to undertake further training as required
• Knowledge of internal PAS system
• Ability to supervise and motivate a team
• Time management skills
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills
• Understanding of Trust internal policies as appropriate

Qualities/Attributes

• Able to adopt flexible approach when required
• Ability to build and maintain good working relationships

Other

• Understanding of confidential nature of role and awareness of Data Protection Act
• Current employee of a LAASP organisation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer name

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Liverpool University Hospital

Mount Vernon Street

LIVERPOOL

L7 8YE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer name

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Liverpool University Hospital

Mount Vernon Street

LIVERPOOL

L7 8YE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)