Clerical Officer

Band 2

**Main area**
- Breast

**Grade**
- Band 2

**Contract**
- Permanent

**Hours**
- Full time - 30 hours per week (30hrs per week but part time hours also available)

**Job ref**
- 164-5725937

**Site**
- City and Ropewalk

**Town**
- City

**Salary**
- £22,383 per annum

**Salary period**
- Yearly

**Closing**
- Today at 23:59

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Breast Institute for a Clerical Officer/Receptionist. We are seeking enthusiastic and competent individuals to provide Clerical/Receptionist support for the busy breast screening department.

The post will be up to 37.5 hours per week over 5 days but part time hours are also available. Duties will be undertaken at the Nottingham Breast Institute and Ropewalk House.

Main duties of the job

The role would require working within a team to complete all daily tasks and general duties including preparing clinics, making and changing appointments, filing and answering the phone.

The position would also involve providing cover for the reception desk both at the Breast Institute and at Ropewalk House.

Good communication skills and the ability to prioritise workloads, in view of changing priorities are essential. Also the need to work under your own initiative is necessary.

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.

The Nottingham Breast Institute was opened in 2003 and provides all outpatients services for those requiring diagnosis or treatment in the Nottingham area. The centre also delivers the Nottingham Breast Screening Service with a screening population of over 90,000 women.

Working for our organisation

The successful individual will be joining a professional team and will be fully supported to facilitate a smooth induction.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE level in maths and English, Grade C or above
- NVQ2 Business Administration/Reception, or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential criteria
- General office experience, including reception work.

Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the Breast Screening service
- Experience working within breast screening or a similar department

Communication and relationship

Essential criteria
- Exchanges information with patients and staff for appointments and general queries

Planning and organisation skil

Essential criteria
- Planning and organisation of routine tasks

Physical skills

Essential criteria
- Able to retrieve files from shelving using appropriate equipment

Other requirements specific to

Essential criteria
- Must be able to travel between City Campus and Ropewalk House
- Flexible with start and finish times when covering reception.
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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career

**Salary**: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

- Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the **Occupational Health Department **confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.