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Job summary

Main area
Maxillofacial Unit
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
374-LCHKN1812-D
Employer
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Conquest Hospital
Town
St Leonards-on-Sea
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/05/2024 23:59

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East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Senior Clinical Secretary - Maxillofacial Unit

NHS AfC: Band 4

We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area. 


We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £568 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. 


Our extensive health services are provided by over 7,000 dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes. 


In 2020 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services. 


In the summer of 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious ‘Building for our Future’ (BFF) programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to redevelop and expand our hospitals at Eastbourne, Hastings and Bexhill, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come. 

Our vision is to deliver high quality care and experience for our patients, communities and colleagues.

Our strategic objectives:

Quality: Delivering safe care; always improving outcomes and experience for patients.

People: Fostering a positive culture; living our values; helping our teams feel equipped to deliver.

Sustainability: Always searching for the best way to use our resources for clinical, workforce and financial outcomes. 

Job overview

We are recruiting!

The role: Senior Clinical Secretary

The Department: Maxillofacial Unit

Are you:

Enthusiastic/driven?

Organised?

Positive?

Empathetic?

Reliable?

Solution focussed?

IT literate?

Resilient?

Motivated to support the NHS?

 

Do you have:

Customer service experience?

Team leading/supervisory experience?

A good work ethic?

A team work ethos?

A “can do” attitude

Initiative?

A passion to improve patient experience?

A sense of accountability?

This role is pivotal to the success of the department. Working closely with clinicians and management, you will use your skills to examine current working practices, to achieve efficiencies across the department, by leading, motivating and supporting the administration team in order to make a positive contribution to the patient experience.  If you enjoy variety in your work, have the resilience to work under pressure at times and you can answer “yes” to the above then we want to hear from you. 

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will need to deal with patients, clinicians and other staff members, ensuring high levels of customer service and attention to detail. You will have regular interaction with the secretarial management team and the departmental service manager. It is essential that you are able to demonstrate good interpersonal, verbal and written skills and have a "can do" attitude.

You will have a good level of IT literacy as you will be using multiple software packages.

This role will keep you both challenged and busy as you work closely with colleagues to support the clinical team of Consultants, junior doctors and specialist nurses.

Potential applicants should ensure they evidence the skills listed above in their application.

Working for our organisation

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to nurseries at EDGH and Conquest, staff restaurants and on-site staff accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week.  Onsite parking is available from only £30 a year. 

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Still not sure?  Contact Tracey Munford by emailing [email protected] to answer any queries you may have

Please note: This advert may close early if a high volume of applications are received

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of good general education to GCSE Grade c or above, including maths and English
  • IT training on office software packages.
  • NVQ4 Business & Administration or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of supervision / managing staff
  • Previous experience of training staff
  • Proficient in using patient record systems
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding/Experience of HR processes

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Competency with Microsoft Office and other IT software. Ability to adapt to use new IT packages and programmes
  • Excellent typing, word processing and audio typing skills.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to communicate with, co-ordinate and liaise with a multidisciplinary team

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDisability confident leaderImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Bronze AwardNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Tracey Munford
Job title
Senior Clinical Administration Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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