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Job summary

Main area
Medicine
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week (On occasions will need to travel to FGH/RI to attend meetings)
Job ref
236-OCO-AC238-24-A
Employer
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Oldham Hospital
Town
Oldham
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/08/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust logo

DAFNE Co-ordinator

Band 3

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a DAFNE Co-ordnator to join us to co-ordinate the DAFNE educational courses for the trust. To be responsible for the promotion, booking and management of DAFNE courses.

The post holder will be required to work as part of a team and provide support to the Diabetes Specialist Nurse Admin team when required.

You will provide non-clinical advice and information to patients / clients / relatives; exercising judgement when dealing with enquiries, analysing and resolving appointments and other non-clinical enquiries;

Communicate professionally and effectively;

Co-ordinate and update Diabetes team, trust departments and local ICBs with patient stats of DAFNE;

Liaise with Central DAFNE administration and other DAFNE centres as required.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will co-ordinate the implementation, planning, preparation, resources and evaluation of the DAFNE course within The Northern Care Alliance.

Allocation of patients to DAFNE course at appropriate hospital sites, booking of rooms and venues.

Co-ordinate DAFNE courses dates with patients and health professionals.

Maintain and update DAFNE waiting list, completed course list and removal from list, DAFNE statistics, and the National DAFNE database.

Organise, record and type minutes of any DAFNE meetings.

Assisting with travel, accommodation and course bookings for individual DAFNE team members.

Contribute to the design and amendment of new template letters used for clinical communications as required.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.  Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.  

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please  open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached  Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Word processing/RSA 111/NVQ level 3 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • AMSPAR medical secretarial Diploma or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of providing administrative services
  • Experience of using IM & T systems for data entry
  • Experience of using Microsoft word
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of providing administrative services within a clinical environment
  • Experience of diary management
  • Experience of using Microsoft outlook/Teams

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good command of English and ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner
  • Organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload

Knowledge

Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of medical terminology Interviewer

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardFair Train work experience quality standard - gold standardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerTime to changeStep into healthGM Good Employment Charter

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Andrea Smith
Job title
Diabetes Specialist Nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0161 627 8268
Additional information

Applicants are welcome to make an informal visit to the Diabetes Centre, at the Royal Oldham Hospital. Please contact the the Department on 0161 6278268 to schedule a visit.

 

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