Job summary

We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic individual to work as Elective Access Clerks on Saxon Suite. The department sees patients that require medical procedures that are able to be carried out during the daytime rather than having an admission to hospital.

Main duties of the job

1 x part time position = 31 hrs per week

You will have GCSE English Language and Maths at Grade C or equivalent

You will be responsible for providing a full, accurate, efficient and effective service to the Saxon Suite with day to day contact with staff at all levels and have regular patient contact over the telephone and face to face. You will monitor patient target lists (PTL's) and advise the wider team on capacity and demand issues and be responsible for ensuring patient pathways are updated and patient admissions and discharges recorded. You will deal with patient queries on a daily basis.

The Saxon Suite is a dedicated treatment unit based within a clinical area on Dixon Ward at Lincoln County Hospital . We are looking for a full time enthusiastic, flexible and motivated team player to be part of this dedicated unit. The successful applicants must have be patient focused and be able to liaise with staff at all levels.

About us

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20 / 21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 3 GCSEs or equivalent including Maths and English (Grade C or above) or NVQ2 or equivalent in relevant subject

Desirable

Previous clerical experience

Essential

Desirable

Knowledge, skills and aptitude

Essential

Desirable

Specific Requirements

Essential