Job summary
- Main area
- Oncology
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Funding available for 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 328-JCSM-7136848
- Employer
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The James Cook University Hospital
- Town
- Middlesbrough
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Clerical Officer (AOS)
Band 3
Job overview
James Cook Cancer Institute and Speciality Medicine (JCCISM) is the specialist centre for cancer and special medicine diagnostics and treatment across Teesside, North Yorkshire and beyond. The Oncology Directorate is one of four within JCCISM, within the directorate with deliver a specialist Acute Oncology Service, that supports cancer patients admitted to hospital who are unwell with a complication of their cancer, side effects of their cancer treatment of have a new diagnosis of cancer.
The post will provide comprehensive, effective and efficient administrative support to a small team of AOS Nurses based at JCUH. This is a busy team so you will need to be motivated and enthusiastic with proven skills in managing your own workload and prioritisation of tasks. Attention to detail and good organisational skills will be of great benefit.
Main duties of the job
Reporting to the Oncology Team Leader with input from the AOS Nursing team the post holder will provide and develop a comprehensive, effective and efficient administrative support service to members of the team
Supporting the AOS Team in managing appointments and clinic including booking appointments and recording appointment data, coding and procedures
Having responsibility for the collation and distribution of reports and letters arising from the clinical activity, providing a high standard of proof-reading
Supporting the AOS Team in actively managing appointments and co-ordinating the daily flow from the point of referral through to appointment allocation.
Supporting with management of telephone enquiries until one of the AOS Team can respond
Utilising excellent communication skills to exchange confidential and sensitive information appropriately and exercise good judgement in a variety of situations.
Interacting compassionately with services users and carers at all time
Supporting the development, implementation and organisation of complex and new administration systems and services.
Supporting the collation and timely dissemination of statistical data necessary to service requirements.
Working for our organisation
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions
· Your Leadership Impact
· Service Improvement for Beginners
After you complete these one and a half days of training, you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Education to GCSE level or equivalent, Grades C/4 or above in 5 subjects including English & Maths
- NVQ 3 Business Administration or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- IT qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and skills in a variety of software programmes including South Tees specific systems
- Effective communication both verbal and written
- Excellent planning and organisational skills including demonstrating initiative and ability to prioritise own workload
- Ability to pay attention to detail, reliably check and record data, identify anomalies and be able to self-check completed work
- Ability to deal with occasional emotional or distressing situations either face to face or over the telephone
- Excellent interpersonal skills, often dealing with sensitive and confidential information
Desirable criteria
- Sound knowledge of the work and scope of the service to act as point of information for the public and other professionals
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant administrative and/or secretarial experience
- Diary management and/or experience of arranging meetings/appointments effectively
- Experience of using electronic databases
Desirable criteria
- Experience of eCaMIS or other similar patient record systems
- Experience of working in healthcare services and basic knowledge of the NHS
- Waiting list management
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties 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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lynsey Edwards
- Job title
- General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01642 850850
- Additional information
extension ext 58878
or
Beth Doherty
Clinical Matron:
Radiotherapy/Oncology & Renal
Extension: 58490
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
The Recruitment Team
The Murray Building
The James Cook University Hospital
TS4 3BW
- Telephone
- 01642 850850, ext. 57396
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