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Main area Administration Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 32 hours per week (Happy to consider any hours between 16 and 32 hours per week) Job ref 423-7104700 Employer Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Airedale General Hospital Town Steeton, Keighley Salary £24,169 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 30/04/2025 23:59 Admin Support (Band 2)NHS AfC: Band 2Be part of our future landscape At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this. We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment. These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust. Job overviewWould you like to be part of a team that works well together, always there to help each other? If you answered yes, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust would love to hear from you. An excellent opportunity has arisen to join the vibrant, warm and friendly Admin team within the Emergency Department. Shifts are rostered three months in advance to allow our team to plan ahead. This is a challenging role and successful candidates will need to be enthusiastic, motivated and have a flexible approach. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required. Please see the job description and the person specification for further details. Main duties of the jobArrange referrals, appointments and outcomes into relevant clinics following patient attendances as necessary using the electronic patient record system. Discharge patient records, ensuring all coding is complete and accurate ensuring clinical pathways are followed as per Trust policy. Carry out daily maintenance of ED medical notes ensuring all records can be accounted for which may include retrieval of copies from ward admissions. Liaise with nursing staff, consultants, secretarial and other disciplines regarding issues relating to clinics. Arrange transport as required for patients returning home or attending follow up clinic. Scanning and indexing of patient records, including alert notifications, in line with departmental procedures. Undertake regular maintenance of scanner. Cover reception duties as required which includes registering patients coming into ED ensuring all relevant patient information is taken and recorded accurately. Escalate any concerns over patients to the relevant clinical staff. Deal with telephone enquiries from GP's, patients, relatives, members of the public and other organisations. Deal with face-to-face enquiries from patients and clinical staff within the department. Working for our organisationWe are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future. We want to attract staff who embrace our 'Right Care' behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients. Person specificationQualifications/SkillsEDCL/CLAIT Knowledge of SystmOne or similar ExperienceRecent office experience. Experience and full understanding of confidentiality policies/procedures. Previous experience of working in a busy pressurised environment. Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team. Experience in filing. Information Governance/Data Security training. Experience in dealing with distressed patients/relatives. Experience in using document scanning systems. We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities. NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received. If you are offered a position which requires you to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard or Basic £26.40) from your first full months salary. This is a condition of your employment. In applying for a post that requires a DBS check you are confirming that you have read and understood the DBS Privacy Policy for Enhanced and Standard Checks. Employer certification / accreditation badgesThe postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. Name Tracey Mattock Job title Admin Manager Email address tracey.mattock@ Telephone number 01535292289 Jackie Briggs, Admin Supervisor - 01535294484#J-18808-Ljbffr