Job summary
- Main area
- Administrative
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 264-6402873-SUR
- Employer
- Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kettering General Hospital
- Town
- Kettering
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Ophthalmology High Impact Intervention (HII) Failsafe Officer
Band 4
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen within the Ophthalmology Service to join our Failsafe team.
This role will require excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills. A working knowledge of database management and Excel are essential.
The role is varied and you will be responsible to overseeing the patients journey from referral to treatment.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be working within the Ophthalmology Service, managing a subspecialty of patients.
This programme will identify, treat and manage patients with a condition which could result in a loss or reduction in sight. You will be responsible for the daily operational management of the acute service as
well as providing data and information to meet national standards.
Working for our organisation
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent patient care, by being an outstanding employer for our people. We have entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital and have become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values:
Compassion
Respect
Integrity
Courageous
Accountable
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE Level Education or equivalent
- NVQ level 3 or equivalent level of knowledge and experience
Desirable criteria
- Qualification or evidence of training in Excel, Databases, Word etc
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- IT skills – Microsoft word/ Office/ Exce
- Experience of office/admin duties
- Previous experience of working in a customer/patient focused environment, ideally within the NHS in a similar setting
- Experience in a health related organisation
- Knowledge of range of clinical procedures
- 2 years NHS experience
- The ability to run reports as required and interpret/analyse data
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of managing or supervising a team including development, appraisals, sickness, performance etc
- Clinic Coordination
- Understand of Failsafe and how this relates to patient care
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people 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
- Lorraine Summers
- Job title
- Service Support Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01536 492275
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