Medical typist for Colorectal and General Surgery

Job summary

Here and Mis and South Essex Foundation Trust we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our expanding team in General Surgery.

As a Medical Typist your responsible for checking and typist letters for our clinical teams.

Liaise with Medical Secretaries making them aware of any actions on patient's pathway (ie. outstanding appointments, investigation requests to support the patient's care pathway and achievement of waiting time targets.

Ensure that all correspondences are dispatched promptly to patients, GP's and other health care provider's as required within agreed timeframes

Be responsible for the typing of reports (ensuring that where required any outstanding appointments or tests are escalated to the relevant Medical Secretary for action.

Maintain good working relationship with Medical Secretaries liaising and raising issues as necessary thus ensuring effective management of the patient pathway within the 18 weeks standard and cancer pathways.

No VISA sponsorship available for this role

Main duties of the job

Please refer to the full job description for full details of this role , however some of your duties will include the following:

Audio typing of clinical letters, operation notes and discharge summaries as directed by the Junior Service Manager to meet divisional specific KPI in relation to turnaround targets ensuring a high standard of accuracy and quality.

Provide a high-quality clinical typing service to a team of consultants supporting the Divisional Patient Pathway Coordinators.

To be responsible for typing clinic letters, reports and other clinical correspondence in line with the Trust's contractual key performance indicators (KPIs).

Follow standard operating procedures, which describe how the functions of the role will be carried out along with given timescales and key performance indicators that will be adhered to.

Work as part of a team providing cover for colleagues during sickness and annual leave where appropriate.This may include providing typing support in other departments.

You will need fast and accurate audio typing skills and a sound knowledge of medical terminology.

Checking of letters via the new DIT3 system.

Any other duties within the role of a Medical Typist and within the grade of your post

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.