Podiatry Team Administrator

Job summary

The Salford Podiatry Service is looking for an enthusiastic, self motivated Team Administrator to join our busy team.

You will need to be a great communicator and team player within a large team of Podiatrists / Podiatry Assistants and Administrators.

The Podiatry Service provides specialist care to a diverse group of patients with foot and lower limb problems within both a primary and secondary care setting. The role is varied and will require flexibility to cover reception duties at Salford Royal Podiatry outpatients clinics.

Main duties of the job

Provide Support to the Podiatry Manager/Team.

Frequent typing of patient letters (including audio typing) and correspondence within allocated time scale.

Liaise with General Practitioners and other health professionals with regard to appointments and patient enquiries.

To work as part of a team ensuring that the following duties are carried out:

• Recording of annual leave for the podiatry team;
• Arrange clinic appointments;
• Process and scan referrals to the Podiatry Service;
• Managing referrals through EBRS Choose and Book;
• Clinic cancelling;
• Manage waiting lists;
• Monitoring waiting times across the Podiatry caseload to ensure RTT targets are met;
• Management of Podiatry generic email accounts dealing with appropriate queries;
• Taking minutes for meetings when required;
• To provide cover for Salford Royal Podiatry outpatients department during absence.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk