Job summary
- Main area
- Cancer Services
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months
- Hours
- Part time - 18.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 269-SFT8545
- Employer
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Salisbury
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Cancer Therapy Team Coordinator
Band 3
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible and self motivated person to join our team as Cancer Therapy Team Coordinator. This is a fixed term administrative role for 9 months and the hours are 18.50 worked across three days, excluding weekends. We are seeking a highly motivated Administrator who has excellent attention to detail, strong communication skills and a willingness to learn. You will be joining a friendly and forward thinking team who aim to improve the lives of people who have Cancer. The successful applicant will need to be self motivated and proficient in using Microsoft programmes such as Excel, Word, Outlook and Teams. If you are interested in making a difference and working with a dedicated and committed team, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Please see the Job Description for further details.
The role includes the following:
- Providing secretarial and administrative support to the Cancer Therapy Team and work closely with the wider personalised care services such as the Cancer Support Workers.
- Having contact with patients, some of whom may be distressed, and booking in appointments for them to see the team.
- Managing the team email inbox, ensuring relevant documentation is uploaded to the Trusts electronic patient record, and supporting the standard operating procedure for managing the record. You will be taking minutes for specific meetings.
- Supporting the team with any therapeutic groups ran and managing the administrative aspect of the group.
- Contributing and managing data collection being captured.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Secretarial/Administrative experience in a customer-focussed environment
Desirable criteria
- Previous administrative experience within the NHS
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Computer literate with knowledge of Microsoft packages, including Outlook diary management and Microsoft Excel and willingness to learn systems such as Lorenzo and Somerset.
- Excellent customer care and communication skills, both in person and on the telephone, successfully managing any barriers to communication
- Ability to communicate effectively with all multi-disciplinary professionals across all departments, and with GP practices and other providers
- Ability to work within a team
- To be able to organise own workload to meet all deadlines and act on own initiative within parameters set by the service
- Flexible approach to working
- Have daily tasks to perform and arrange work around these to meet any deadlines, e.g. booking appointments according to defined timescales, sorting incoming and outgoing post, etc
- Intermediate word processing keyboard
- Understanding the need for confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of NHS based computer software
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE grade C or above in English and Maths
- RSA 2 or equivalent touch typing skills
- Advanced keyboard skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Garratt
- Job title
- Lead Cancer AHP (Physiotherapist)
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01722 336262
- Additional information
Ext 5153
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