Specialty PA

Job summary

Working as part of a team the post-holder will provide a high quality administrative service to consultants and their teams. You will be a conscientious and enthusiastic team player with excellent organisational and communication skills, and be well motivated and reliable.

It is preferable that the successful candidate will have had previous NHS experience in a similar role, a good level of education and experience of using different IT systems (such as Nervecentre, NotIS or Medway PAS). You will be competent in the use of Microsoft Office packages.

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to the advert.

Main duties of the job

You will be able to understand and accurately convey verbal and written information and be able to remain calm under pressure. You will be able to work as part of a team to ensure the smooth running of a busy department.

Duties will primarily include consultant diary management, word processing clinical and non clinical letters, clinic maintenance, dealing with incoming mail and results, communicating with patients, GP colleagues and staff and supporting and mentoring new staff.

The successful applicant will have obtained 5 GCSE passes which will include English Language and Maths at grade C or above , will have a word processing or typing qualification (or experience); NVQ level 3 in Administration or equivalent experience.

The successful applicant will have excellent audio typing skills and be competent in the use Microsoft packages. Work based experience within hospital or health care setting is desirable but not essential

About us

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.