Administration Assistant

This vacancy is only open at this stage to internal employees of the following organisations within the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System:

• North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
• Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
• University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, inclusive of Black Country Procurement Group and North Midlands and Cheshire Pathology Service.
• Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, efficient and motivated individual to join our extremely busy administration team. You will be responsible for welcoming patients/visitors to The Heart & Lung Department and ensuring all cardiac investigations are logged/booked according to National Targets., Logging and booking diagnostic tests. Managing diagnostic waits in accordance with National Targets and the Patient Access Policy. Working on Reception, greeting and booking patients into the department. Dealing with all queries, completing outcomes, taking telephone calls.

You must have the ability to work well under pressure to meet deadlines as well as the ability to work as a team player. Competent computer skills are essential and a cheerful, flexible approach to the workload is necessary. This is a busy role which will involve multi-tasking with ever-changing priorities. You will work alongside the existing administrative and management team. A good understanding of Reception, managing clinics and National Targets is required., This post is ideal for an individual with a strong administrative background who thrives in a team environment and has good organisational skills with a high level of computer literacy. They should also have good communication and prioritisation skills. The successful candidate will also need to be able to work on their own initiative.,
• Good general education to inc GCSE English and Maths, Admin/Clerical background
• Receptionist background
• Excellent written and communication skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and deal with situations in a sensitive manner, Knowledge of patient administration and other related systems
• Knowledge of the Hospital EPR systems
• RTT & pathways
• Knowledge of inpatient and outpatient waiting lists
• Previous experience working in a Health Care environment
  
  University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
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