Medical Secretary (Oncology) - Part Time 30 hrs p/w - Reading
Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Job overview
Band 4 Medical Secretary (Oncology)
This is a part-time post for 30 hours per week.
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of the busy but rewarding Oncology team.
The successful applicant will be the point of contact for all administrative issues relating to patients’ pathway of care.
The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and will provide expertise in the proactive management of the patient pathway from referral to discharge, ensuring the entire pathway is managed smoothly.
Working closely with many clinical and non-clinical professionals, the successful candidate will work autonomously to deliver excellent care and support to their colleagues and patients.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will specifically be responsible for providing administration support for the Harm Review process.
The post holder has responsibility for ensuring that the patient cancer pathways are monitored in accordance with the government national cancer waiting times targets. The Post holder will have responsibility for actively escalating any patient that is at risk of breaching and having an up to date knowledge of all the patients on the urgent suspected cancer pathway.
The post holder has responsibility for coordinating and organising the activities of the Multidisciplinary Teams (MDT) and team meetings. This will include liaising with all the departments that are involved in providing care and core services to cancer patients.
Working for our organisation
Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by road and rail links to London, Oxford, and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our "CARE" values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the post.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- GCSE Level C or above in English & Maths
- Educated to Degree Level Standard
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of priortising and managing busy workload
- Experience of IT Systems and Data Entry
- Experience of working within NHS
Skills
Essential criteria- Awareness of Cancer Targets
- Use of hospital based computer systems
- Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on your work, life balance
- Annual leave – 27 days for new starters, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years NHS service. Pro rata for part time staff
- NHS pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Money Advice Service
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff
- On-site nursery (based at RBH)
- Full educational library services
- Cycle to work scheme, lockable storage for cycles
- Bus to work scheme
- Excellent rail and bus links
- A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands from holidays to gadgets and restaurants to retail.
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