Job summary
Employer heading
Cardiology, Medical Secretary/ Patient Care Coordinator
Band 4
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
Job overview
About this vacancy
The Cardiovascular CAG is offering an exciting opportunity to join the Barts Heart Centre’s Patient Care Coordinator team. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals who will be responsible for the active management of patients’ pathways, with responsibility for the efficient and effective delivery of a high performing and dedicated service.
What we are offering
North and East London has some of the most dynamic and talented cardiovascular experts nationally and internationally. Clinicians from Barts Health NHS Trust, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) and further afield are working together to create a single specialist centre for cardiovascular disease to cover all our local communities. You will be joining us at an incredibly exciting time, as we realise a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to improve services for patients and secure them for future generations in creating a world class cardiovascular service.
Our brand new state of the art cardiovascular centre – Barts Heart Centre at St Bartholomew’s Hospital opened in May 2015. The new service allows us to bring together our existing unique experience and research activity. We are able to increase our understanding of and ability to address the root causes of cardiovascular diseases by growing the number of patients who get the chance to take part in clinical trials and research.
Main duties of the job
Your expertise, your experience and your vision will be our building blocks to success. By becoming part of the team you can work with us sharing your unique talents and strengths though which the foundations of this new centre will be built.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Education/Requirements Supervisory or office management skills equivalent to certificate level
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 3 years administration/medical secretarial/ pathway experience or equivalent non NHS
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE A Level or equivalent standard of education
- A good level of medical terminology acquired through education, training or work experience
- ECDL or equivalent experience ie experience of a range of IT packages such as word, excel, outlook and power point
Skills
Essential criteria
- Keyboard skills to access and input to data systems; Competent in Microsoft Office products.
- Competence with a range of IT packages, e.g. CRS and EPR
- Understanding of Data Protection Act and Freedom of Information Act
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Saleha Begum
- Job title
- Deputy Delivery Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Further Information
For further information regarding these posts please contact Cardiology Team Leader, Harriet St Pierre 020 3765 8611
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