Admin Clerk / Medical Typist

Job overview

Are you a professional and enthusiastic individual with a passion for providing top-notch administrative support? As an opportunity has arisen for a  Medical Typist/Admin Clerk in the Surgery & Anaesthetic Department.

This role is to act as a link between the Medical Secretaries ensuring all communication is passed on accurately whilst upholding confidentiality. Integrate as part of our team, assisting our consultants and clinical staff in delivering a safe and efficient service administration service for our patients.

Main duties of the job

• Typing both audio and copy.
• Validating, cross checking and escalating – requests made correctly in the systems, flags acted upon e.g appointments, tests requested, blood forms to send, requests for MDT followed up.
• To act as a link between the Medical Secretaries ensuring all communication is passed on accurately whilst upholding confidentiality.
• To be able to prioritise workloads and have the ability to work under pressure maintaining accuracy and meeting deadlines.
• Typing of letters from clinics and any other general correspondence where necessary.
• Clerical tasks as required, i.e., photocopying, scanning, answering telephones etc, to support team members.
• Appointment booking
• To be able to work on own initiative and make decisions within written guidelines, sometimes without reference to others.
• Undertake any other ad hoc duties as requested by the Team Leader or Divisional Administration Team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Audio typing clinics and admin, uploading sensitive information onto patients medical notes and general admin,
• Validating and cross checking requests made within dictation from clinicians
• On the request from the Team Leader you may be required to cover colleagues within any of the specialties during absences/annual/sick leave.  You may also be required to undertake job rotation for cross cover as well as for development and training purposes.
• To ensure that all equipment such as computers, printers, etc which are used, are in working order, contacting the relevant department/personnel if they are not.
• Offer advice and support and demonstrate duties to new members of staff.
• To be able to work on own initiative and make decisions within written guidelines, sometimes without reference to others.
• Undertake any other ad hoc duties as requested by the Team Leader or Divisional Administration Team
• Booking clinic appointments