Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (N/A)
- Job ref
- 362-A-25-7664120
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Cardiology - Secretary Support
Band 3
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Job overview
To assist in providing high quality, safe patient care through the delivery of an effective, efficient and responsive administrative and clerical service which meets the needs of the service.
This will be achieved by working in a supportive team, supporting colleagues, other Trust services if required, the senior medical administration team and management, to ensure the team provide effective administrative tasks.
****Important Notice on Visa Sponsorship Eligibility****
Please note that whilst the trust does offer sponsorship this role is unfortunately not eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Health and Care Worker/Skilled Worker Route visa route. This is due to the position not meeting the minimum salary threshold of £41,700 per annum and/or the required skill level set by UK Visas and Immigration.
We appreciate your interest in this opportunity and encourage applications from candidates who already have the right to work in the UK.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
- To provide typing support to the Cardiology Department.
- To provide clerical support to the Cardiology Department.
- Provide admin support two one or more cardiology consultants.
- To open mail, collate patient results and scan to electronic patient records.
- To process patient letters to prepare for postage.
- To understand and interpret functional/medical/legal terms and organisational policies
- Ability to deal with non-routine issues such as problem solving
Act as the link between consultants, clinicians and other areas to ensure care is delivered in a coordinated and efficient way.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will deliver audio typing support for clinic correspondence. Specifically, the main duties of the role will involve clinic and results letters typing using Bighand and similar systems.
To support one or more Cardiology consultants with admin tasks.
The role is vital in ensuring patients are informed in a timely way, regarding their care pathways and requires good levels of concentration, proof reading skills and involves prolonged periods of typing for large periods of the day
The postholder will need to be able to understand and interpret functional/medical/legal terms and organisational policies and procedures, working with colleagues to ensure correct process is followed and ensure the smooth administration of patient flow.
Ability to deal with non-routine issues such as problem solving for an area of work or developing alternative or additional procedures primary to coordinate care plans.
The role will be linked to a system that supports departments and business groups to ensure typing is available to cover for shortages and peaks in demand across departments.
Outputs will be measured using a set of performance measures to ensure consistency and high quality, timely service provision.
Act as the link between consultants, clinicians, the booking team and other areas to ensure care is delivered in a coordinated and efficient way.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require a Standard DBS check at a cost of £26.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Appropriate ICT/keyboard skills/audio typing skills/medical terminology qualifications or demonstrable equivalent experience
- Is flexible and adaptable in their approach and innovative in overcoming obstacles and blocks
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of secretarial and administrative procedures and systems
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of RTT and cancer targets and ability to ensure smooth care pathways
Education
Essential criteria
- Good general standard of education to GSCE level C or above in English and maths or equivalent or relevant experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of secretarial and administrative procedures, including audio typing, and systems, often non-routine particularly in a clinical environment, working with medics, clinical and support staff to ensure efficient patient flow. Escalate complicated issues to line managers
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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
- Nicola Wrigley
- Job title
- Directorate Support Manager - Cardiology
- Email address
- [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Aspen House
Stepping Hill Hospital
Poplar Grove
Stockport
SK2 7JE
- Telephone
- 01614194720 ext.117081
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