Radiology Medical Personal Assistant

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for two dedicated, enthusiastic and motivated Radiology Medical Personal Assistants to join our team.

You will be based between Fairfield General Hospital and The Royal Oldham Hospital.

The positions are permanent and to work 37.5 and 30 hours per week.

The Radiology Medical Personal Assistant supports the site-based Consultant team and the Department Managers. They undertake a range of administrative support tasks to ensure that departmental and directorate performance targets are sustained.

Main duties of the job

• Manage all correspondence, reports etc. for the Consultant Radiologists, maintaining confidentiality at all times and ensuring urgent items are prioritised.
• Schedule meetings; devise and distribute agendas and the taking and typing back of minutes.
• Support Consultants, providing transcription services for clinical correspondence.
• Manage Consultant electronic diaries, taking accurate messages and making appointments whenever necessary.
• Manage daily reports regarding reporting turnaround for the Consultants ensuring urgent cases are flagged and prevent cases missing trust targets.
• Manage enquires from medical staff and GPs including the efficient operation of a 'bring forward' system to ensure an efficient service is provided.
• Maintain and develop an efficient filing system.
• Manage Consultant emails, ensuring important messages are dealt with in a timely fashion.
• Support the Consultants preparation for MDT's, ensuring all records are complete and available for review. Provide post MDT support ensuring clinical records and systems are updated to reflect peer review findings.

About us

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.

Job 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

• Educated to GCSE standard with English & Maths at Grade C or above, or equivalent.
• RSA III typing or equivalent demonstrable skills in: -Audio typing -Copy typing -Word Processing
• A certificate in medical secretarial studies
• ECDL

Skills and Knowledge

• IT literate with a practical working knowledge of MS Office, particularly Word.
• Substantial previous experience in medical secretarial and office work.
• Time management skills and ability to prioritise own workload with minimum supervision.
• Experience in dealing with members of the public.
• NHS experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

£26,530 to £29,114 a yearpro rata, per annum