Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Band 3 Supporting Secretary

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Job summary

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

An opportunity has arisen for a Support Medical Secretary to join our Child in Care administration team within the Community Paediatric Service of the Children and Families Division.The role is based at Allen's Croft Children's Centre, Kings Heath Birmingham B14 6RP and may include some working from home. This is a permanent post offered on a part time basis, working 20 hours per week.

This interesting and varied role requires the ability to work well on your own initiative whilst being committed to teamwork. This position also requires good communication skills and the ability to meet the demands of working in a busy environment. You will responsible for the provision of a comprehensive secretarial and administrative service in respect of Children in Care clinics for a team of Community Paediatric Doctors.

Duties will include audio typing, handling telephone calls, liaising closely with Doctors and Administrative colleagues and organising correspondence around clinic appointments. The typing of confidential, complex and often sensitive clinical reports is also an integral part of the role.

You will have the ability to work under pressure, prioritise your workload and to deal with confidential and sensitive issues in a professional manner.

Main duties of the job

This role is 20 hours per week working as a Supporting Secretary in the Child in Care Admin Team.

  • Accurate transcription (either by digital dictation, audio or copy typing) of confidential correspondence, reports, notes of meetings and any other correspondence within agreed and acceptable timescales. Occasionally correspondence, by its nature, may be upsetting.
  • Making and receiving telephone calls, both internally and externally, ensuring all messages are taken and relayed accurately to the appropriate member of the Team. Using own judgement to resolve problems arising.
  • Daily contact with members of the Community Paediatric Team, Children in Care Team and the Central Booking Service liaising as appropriate and ensuring accurate information is passed on to the relevant service. Acting as a link between the Team and parents/carers by telephone /face to face, ensuring confidentiality is maintained at all times.

About us

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

Details

Date posted

19 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

820-5644573-CF

Job locations

Allen's Croft Children's Centre

Allen's Croft Road

Birmingham

B14 6RP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Other DutiesTo ensure attendance and active participation in team meetings.Adopting a flexible working pattern within the secretarial team, in order to provide relevant cover for colleagues during periods of annual/sick leave as necessary.If applicable, through appropriate training, gain and retain an understanding of the working process/systems of the reception both from an information point of view and ability to cover at short notice during periods of sickness/annual leave as deemed necessary.Participate in an annual appraisal and personal development plan/objective setting and attend statutory or appropriate training as identified and required by this process.

Please refer to the attached Job description and Person Specification documents for full details of the main duties and responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Other DutiesTo ensure attendance and active participation in team meetings.Adopting a flexible working pattern within the secretarial team, in order to provide relevant cover for colleagues during periods of annual/sick leave as necessary.If applicable, through appropriate training, gain and retain an understanding of the working process/systems of the reception both from an information point of view and ability to cover at short notice during periods of sickness/annual leave as deemed necessary.Participate in an annual appraisal and personal development plan/objective setting and attend statutory or appropriate training as identified and required by this process.

Please refer to the attached Job description and Person Specification documents for full details of the main duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications / training

Essential

  • oGSCE Maths and English grade 9-4 or equivalent qualification

Experience

Essential

  • oPrevious secretarial or administrative experience

Skills/knowledge

Essential

  • oComputer literate with the ability to work with different computer applications including Microsoft packages
  • oStrong organisational skills with the ability to multi-task
  • oExcellent communication skills to relate to both staff and service users

Personal qualities

Essential

  • oExcellent telephone manner
  • oMust be able to observe confidentiality at all times.

Other job requirements

Essential

  • oTo act responsibly and professionally at all times
Person Specification

Qualifications / training

Essential

  • oGSCE Maths and English grade 9-4 or equivalent qualification

Experience

Essential

  • oPrevious secretarial or administrative experience

Skills/knowledge

Essential

  • oComputer literate with the ability to work with different computer applications including Microsoft packages
  • oStrong organisational skills with the ability to multi-task
  • oExcellent communication skills to relate to both staff and service users

Personal qualities

Essential

  • oExcellent telephone manner
  • oMust be able to observe confidentiality at all times.

Other job requirements

Essential

  • oTo act responsibly and professionally at all times

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Allen's Croft Children's Centre

Allen's Croft Road

Birmingham

B14 6RP


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Allen's Croft Children's Centre

Allen's Croft Road

Birmingham

B14 6RP


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Paediatric Admin Team Leader

Kelly Jones

kelly.jones47@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

19 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

820-5644573-CF

Job locations

Allen's Croft Children's Centre

Allen's Croft Road

Birmingham

B14 6RP


Supporting documents

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