Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Work pattern will be within our core office hours of Monday - Friday 08:30 - 17:00, to be agreed with successful candidate.)
- Job ref
- 374-LC2624-A
- Employer
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Eastbourne District General Hospital
- Town
- Eastbourne
- Salary
- £22,383 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Secretarial Admin Assistant - Maxillofacial Unit
NHS AfC: Band 2
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.
We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £568 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.
Our extensive health services are provided by over 7,000 dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.
In the summer of 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious ‘Building for our Future’ (BFF) programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to redevelop and expand our hospitals at Eastbourne, Hastings and Bexhill, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.
We provide safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to over half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.
We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £650 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000 dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. Conquest Hospital and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’.
Our two acute hospitals have emergency departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services. Our centre for trauma services and obstetrics is at Conquest Hospital, while our centre for urology and stroke services is at Eastbourne DGH. At Bexhill Hospital we offer a range of outpatient, day surgery, rehabilitation and intermediate care services. At Rye, Winchelsea and District Memorial Hospital we offer outpatients, rehabilitation and intermediate services. At Uckfield Community Hospital we provide day surgery and outpatient care.
In the community, we deliver services that focus on people with long term conditions living well outside hospital, through our integrated locality teams working with district and community nursing teams. Community members of staff also provide care to patients in their homes and from a number of clinics, health centres and GP surgeries.
Job overview
Are you looking to kickstart your career in the NHS? We are looking for an admin assistant for our Maxillofacial department to support the clinical secretarial team. As a Secretarial Administrative Assistant, you will play a vital part within a team who are dedicated to providing support for clinicians & patients.
If you have a good level of general education including GCSE English & Maths, a willingness to learn and support your team and a desire to develop your potential, then we would like to hear from you. You should be IT literate with good keyboard skills & have excellent written communication & spelling skills. You do NOT need to have secretarial experience
There is no better time to join the NHS to secure your future career.
- Training & development including paid apprenticeships leading to valuable qualifications
- Career progression opportunities
- 27 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 33 days with continued service
- Contributory pension scheme
- Flexible working pattern
The Trust is an equal opportunities employer and believes in treating everyone with dignity & respect. We encourage applications from all sectors of the community. We are committed to the health & wellbeing of our staff & we have a number of initiatives which promote our supportive & inclusive approach to staff health & wellbeing, career development & benefits.
previous applicants need not apply
Main duties of the job
The main duty of the job is proof reading and editing clinical correspondence which has been transcribed by speech recognition software. Additional duties may include post runs, scanning, answering phone calls and general admin duties.
It is essential that you are able to demonstrate good interpersonal, verbal and written skills and have a "can do" attitude. You will have a good level of IT literacy as you will be using multiple software packages.
We can provide you with in-house training, career development opportunities, flexible working solutions, generous annual leave entitlement & access to NHS Staff Benefits.
Working for our organisation
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work
We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people’s own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated ‘Outstanding’. Eastbourne DGH rated ‘Good’.
In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious ‘Building for our Future’ programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.
If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE level A-C including English and Maths
- NVQ2 administration / data processing or equivalent level of knowledge and skills
- Typing / text processing / data entry skills to RSAII or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- ECDL or alternative recognised IT Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of previous admin or secretarial experience in a busy environment
- Record keeping and filing systems
- Prioritisation of workload
Desirable criteria
- Previous NHS administration experience
- Use of patient record systems
IT
Essential criteria
- Microsoft Office Knowledge
- Keyboard Skills
- Experience of using various IT packages
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tracey Munford
- Job title
- Senior Clinical Secretarial Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 131 4500
- Additional information
0300 131 4500 ext 773834
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