About this role
Job summary
Working in a Renal department within a hospital provides the opportunity to support patients with acute and chronic kidney conditions, including those requiring dialysis, transplant care, and long-term monitoring. It is a fast-paced and highly specialised environment where care is often complex and ongoing.
The role involves close collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, to ensure effective coordination of clinics, treatments, and patient pathways. Renal services often require careful scheduling and communication due to the regular nature of treatments such as dialysis.
This setting is well suited to someone who is organised, adaptable, and compassionate, with an interest in supporting patients who require continuous care and long-term management.
Main duties of the job
As post holder you will:
Act as a key point of contact for patients, clinicians, and external professionals, handling enquiries sensitively and efficiently.
Manage incoming communications, prioritising and escalating as appropriate.
Produce accurate clinical correspondence from dictation using medical terminology.
Coordinate patient pathways in line with RTT guidelines, maintaining accurate records across relevant systems.
Manage waiting lists and book outpatient/inpatient appointments, resolving scheduling issues as needed.Maintain the Consultant's diary, including clinics, meetings, and leave coordination.
Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.
About us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
Flexible working hours Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site Discounted gym memberships Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site Free 24-hours confidential counselling support On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane Support in career development Flexible staff bank Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Job description Job responsibilities
Deal efficiently and effectively with direct and indirect (i.e. telephone, face to face) enquiries from patients, all levels of medical and nursing staff, GPs, Social Services and other health professionals and staff. Respond to complex enquiries, providing routine and non-routine information and non-clinical advice, resolving problems where possible. Communicate appropriately with patients who may be fearful, aggressive or have sensitive concerns, needing reassurance and who may present difficulties in communication e.g. terminally ill patients, deaf patients, mentally ill patients and elderly confused patients. To sensitively provide and receive complex information using tact and adapting communication style to meet the needs of individual levels of understanding. Recognise the importance of individual rights in accordance with legislation, policy and procedures. Attend to all communications, for example, emails, faxes, investigation results on a daily basis. Use judgement to undertake a preliminary assessment of content to determine the appropriate course of action and the priority for the consultants/clinical teams attention. Accurately transcribe all correspondence by touch typing from audio/digital dictation or shorthand using knowledge of medical terminology. Generate routine and non-routine correspondence independently. Assist patients and their carers by arranging translation/interpretation facilities. Demonstrate and maintain knowledge and understanding of Trust RTT policy. Update RTT in accordance with Trust guidelines and ensure accurate patient pathways, investigating and correcting errors as required. Assist the Administration and Clerical team with data management utilising PAS and other departmental patient databases. Complete the Tertiary referral proforma/template for internal/external referrals as per Trust policy. Promptly action clinical investigations, results and outcomes. Utilise Trust reports to service and administer waiting lists, which may include outpatient, inpatient, diagnostic and waiting lists where relevant. Book patients from waiting lists and update associated booking systems (e.g. ORSOS, ARIA etc.) in line with departmental requirements and in line with the Trust RTT Policy. Utilise outpatient and inpatient PTLs to track patients through pathway. Arrange urgent admissions direct from clinic and ambulatory care areas, contacting the patient and liaising with ward/theatre/clinics as required. Organise and support higher level meetings, such as divisional/directorate/governance meetings, on behalf of Clinical Director or other senior staff, including attending to take formal minutes as necessary. Please view the attached job description for full details of the role, and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification.
Please note that this advertised position, which is part of occupation code 4211 does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer). The Trust would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
RSA III or equivalent training or experience Good general standard of literacy and numeracy Evidence of development in previous job roles
Experience Essential
Significant Medical Secretarial experience
Skills Essential
Able to work both independently and as part of a team Ability to manage own workload
Atitude, aptitude Essential
Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Address Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
Colney Lane
Norwich
NR4 7UY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)