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Job summary

Main area
Typing Pool
Grade
Band 2
Contract
6 months (Fixed Term)
Hours
Part time - 18 hours per week
Job ref
275-2407DICL-TP
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Gillingham
Salary
£22,383 per annum/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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Medway NHS Foundation Trust logo

Directorate Clerk - Typing Pool

Band 2

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.

Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Job overview

Directorate Clerk

Division: Medicine and Emergency Care

Band: 2

Salary: £22,383 per annum/pro rata

Contract: 6 Months Fixed Term

We are recruiting for a Directorate Clerk who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best of People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the flow of medical records in this busy department, tracking and delivering large volumes of notes to a variety of locations across the hospital.

As a Directorate Clerk you will be a vital part of the Typing pool team.  Your key responsibilities will be to print and file medical correspondence appropriately, sending copies to patients and external agencies as directed by the typists.

In addition to supporting the Typing Pool Team, the Directorate Clerks work with all medical specialties to ensure that medical records are available for audits, inpatient and outpatient appointments throughout the hospital. They are also responsible for collecting medical records from a central Transit area and delivering them to medical specialty administrative teams located across the hospital site.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved.  Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment. Our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To be responsible for tracking in clinics received into the Typing Pool and detail their receipt onto the Typing Pool database accordingly

To be responsible for collecting and delivering case notes to and from the Transit Area, outpatients areas, wards and departments; tracking them to their new location(s).

Escalate all data retrieval issues to the Typing Pool Team Leader/Service Manager(s)

To provide an accurate daily list of case notes unavailable for clinic/wards to the Typing Pool Team Leader and the Patient Service Centre Team Leader/Coordinator

To coordinate the search for missing notes escalating any problems immediately to the Typing Pool Team Leader and Service Manager(s) accordingly

The post holder will be required to communicate effectively both electronically and verbally
with teams across the Acute & Continuing Care directorate

To maintain the case note request list ensuring that the list is checked twice daily as per the Health Records Policy

File clinical letters in correct order and track notes back to relevant service areas.

Update the Typing Pool database appropriately

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Good GCSE general education including English and Maths

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Computer literate, in particular use of MS windows, Excel and Outlook

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working within an acute hospital environment is desirable, but not essential

Skills

Essential criteria
  • General Office Skills
  • Good Communication skills – written and verbal

Values Based Question

Essential criteria
  • How would you ensure you represent MFT in a positive way?

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverDisability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeStep into health

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Amy Duchon
Job title
Operational Support Coordinator
Email address
[email protected]
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