Job summary
- Main area
- .Ophthalmology
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- 12 months (fixed term post for 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 208-B5EB09-24-1
- Employer
- Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Scunthorpe General Hospital
- Town
- Scunthorpe
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Team Leader- Ophthalmology
Band 4
Job overview
The Specialty Administration Team Leader will provide senior support and expert knowledge to the team of medical secretaries and other administrative staff within the specialty administration team. The team leader will oversee all administrative and clerical processes to enable a high quality, effective and patient focused service delivered. The post holder will ensure that standard operating procedures are followed, ensuring achievement of all performance targets. The team leader will be responsible for providing regular updates on performance, and the escalation of issues which hinder the delivery of a smooth patient pathway to the Service Manager.
Main duties of the job
Staff Management
Pathway Supervision
Pathway Tracking
Communications/Customer Care
Service Development
Whilst the Trust recognises that specific responsibilities fall upon management, it is also the duty of all employees to accept personal responsibility for the practical application of the general policies and procedures of the Trust. You should familiarise yourself with them, and ensure that you understand and adhere them.
Working for our organisation
NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/
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“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.
Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • RSA III typing or equivalent administration experience
- • NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration/Customer Care or acquired equivalent experience
- • GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths, grades A-C
Desirable criteria
- • Educated to A-level
- • Computer Literacy Course e.g. ECDL
Occupational Experience
Essential criteria
- • Data quality management
- • Experience of using full range of IT/Patient data systems/Microsoft office
Desirable criteria
- • Training, coaching and mentoring skills
- • Supervisory experience of administrative staff
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Donna Chappill
- Job title
- Assistant General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03033 302254
- Additional information
For further information from Team Leaders in post currently please contact Donna Turner and Melanie Wiliams
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