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Job summary

Main area
Administrator
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 25 hours per week (Worked over 3 or 4 days)
Job ref
405-24-AC324THE
Employer
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Children's Centre
Town
Dorchester
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 Pro Rata Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/07/2024 23:59
Interview date
31/07/2024

Employer heading

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust logo

Assistant Administrator

NHS AfC: Band 3

Outstanding Care, Outstanding Careers

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Job overview

The post holder will be a member of the children’s therapy administration team to ensure an efficient service is provided for paediatric patients and their carers attending clinics.

 

 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work closely with the team to ensure the delivery of a high quality service. They will require the utilisation of good secretarial, clerical, communication and interpersonal skills.

A polite and helpful first point of contact for patients, staff, and visitors to the Children’s Therapy Department at Dorset County Hospital. To make patient appointments. To deal with enquires from patients, staff and visitors including by telephone, email, and face to face. The accurate sending and receiving of electronic data using hospital systems such as PAS, DPR and SystmOne.

 

 

Working for our organisation

The Children's Therapy department is an integrated paediatric physiotherapy and occupational therapy team and provides a service in a range of settings including the children’s centre, health clinics, special and mainstream school, opportunity groups, play groups and in the child’s own home. In-patients are also seen on Kingfisher ward, Special Care Baby Unit and the Maternity Unit.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Our DCHFT Job Description and Person Specification (attached) tells you all about this role, what to expect and what is needed to succeed. When completing your application please make sure to tell us how your experience and skills fit the person specification.

Please contact us at [email protected] if you are unable to view or download the attachment.

For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care. To read more about our Trust and our Values search Dorset County Hospital online.

Person specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential criteria
  • Educated to GCSE level or equivalent, including English at Grade C or above.
Desirable criteria
  • ECDL or equivalent.

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working with computer systems, to include Microsoft Office, in a working/academic environment.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in a health care setting.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of secretarial skills.
  • Evidence of effective communication skills both written and oral.
  • Evidence of ability to work with minimal supervision.
  • Evidence of flexibility and ability to adapt to different areas of work.
  • An understanding of the meaning of confidentiality and the requirement for this to be maintained.
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of ability to respond quickly to changing priorities organising and prioritising own workload to meet deadlines.
  • Evidence of ability to exercise judgment when dealing with patient queries and to analyse and resolve patient problems.
  • Ability to build and maintain good working relationships within a team.
  • Understanding of medial terms.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Abigail Short
Job title
Children's Therapy Department Administrator
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01305 254744
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