About this role
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Radiology Secretary to join our passionate, professional, and dedicated team in Radiology. This is a permanent, full-time role offering a unique chance to contribute to the smooth operation of one of the most critical departments in our healthcare facility.
The work is fast-paced, dynamic, and challenging--but incredibly rewarding. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals eager to gain valuable experience in a radiology secretarial role.
As a Radiology Secretary, you will:
Play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth and efficient management of the radiology secretarial service. Provide administrative support to radiology management and radiologists. Contribute to the delivery of outstanding care within our Radiology department. Work as part of a dedicated and highly skilled team committed to maintaining the highest standards of patient care and service delivery.
If you have a keen eye for organisation, efficiency, and patient care, we would love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job description Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements Essential
Knowledge of administration systems e.g. bring forward and filing Computer literate with good keyboard skills
Desirable
NHS experience Patient Administration experience
Qualifications Essential
GCSE English at grade C RSA III or equivalent in Word/Text Processing Good general education
Desirable
GCSE Maths Grade C or above Shorthand NVQ in Admin/Customer Care ECDL
Further Training Desirable
Customer Care
Experience Essential
Previous secretarial/administrative experience Knowledge of spreadsheets and windows type systems
Desirable
Experience of Office 98 / 2000 and Windows
Contractual Requirements Essential
Regular attender and flexible approach to work
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-in Ashfield
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)