Job summary
Employer heading
Administrator -Corporate Cancer Team
Band 3
Job overview
We are looking for someone with excellent organisational ability to join the Corporate Cancer Team. You must be able to exhibit initiative in resolving problems when they arise, along with a consistently high professional approach. Sound like you? Keep reading to find out more.
The corporate cancer team work with all divisions to ensure out cancer patients receive the best care and experience within our hospitals and to ensure we are achieving our performance and deliver national strategic aims. Based at Royal Preston Hospital, you will work closely with the Lead Cancer Nurse, the Head of Performance, and liaise with both the clinical and corporate cancer Teams.
Main duties of the job
You will provide comprehensive administrative support to the Corporate Cancer Team and a PA role to support the corporate cancer triumvirate, Lead Cancer Nurse and Head of Performance and Lead Cancer Clinician.
This primarily involves the provision of a comprehensive, flexible and confidential support service and in addition, as a member of the wider department team, to engage in setting the standard for administrative processes. You will support specific projects for the purposes of developing effective processes and maintaining effective services to the corporate cancer team.
The ability to work without supervision is an important aspect of this post. By the nature of the duties, you will be required to maintain strict confidentiality and be expected to deal with issues of a sensitive nature with both internal and external partners with courtesy and discretion at all times.
Working for our organisation
We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is the regional Cancer centre
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving and delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet friendly people and do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Communicates with a range of staff, users and visitors to the Trust / Department, utilizing a variety of communication methods including verbal and electronic, passing information in a format that is appropriate to the individual request.
- Provide effective administration support for the Corporate Cancer Team
- Act as PA to the Lead Cancer Nurse and Head of Performance.
- Agendas and papers are organised and coordinated for committees and groups
- Mandatory training, information governance and appraisals for the team are coordinated and recorded
- Stationery and other equipment is ordered and adequate stock levels are maintained.
- Provide effective administration support for Peer Review
- Provide effective administration support for the Cancer Patient Information Group
- Responsible for monitoring health roster for the department, ensuring any issues escalated to the Lead cancer nurse
- The post holder will monitor staff sickness and escalate to lead cancer nurse
- Ensure staff appraisals are completed
- Assist with the recruitment selection process documentation as required
Person specification
Qualifications and Education
Essential criteria
- Good General Education
- ECDL or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Secretarial qualifications
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Efficient in the use of Microsoft Word for Windows
- Significant previous admin experience
- Experience of Excel, power Point, email and internet
Desirable criteria
- Experience in a health organisation
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Anne Tomlinson
- Job title
- Lead Nurse Cancer & End of Life Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
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