Cancer Psychological Support (CaPS) Team Administrator
| Posting date: | 03 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £30,279 - £33,116 Per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, SW17 0QT |
| Company: | st georges nhs trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6170520/200-NN-6170520-AC-Z |
Summary
A Vacancy at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a team administrator to work in our well-established, dynamic and friendly service.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual who will play a key role in supporting the work of the multidisciplinaryteam. The post holder will be responsible for the efficient and effective day-to-day running of the service. As the role requires a high degree of contact with service users, the post holder will need to demonstrate excellent communication, organisational and people skills. In addition, effective management of time and prioritising tasks will be crucial. The post holder will liaise with members of the immediate Cancer Psychological Support (CaPS) team, colleagues in the wider cancer services, other clinical teams based at the Phoenix Centre and St George’s Hospital as a whole and service managers. The post holder will also need to be confident working with computer systems, including being able to familiarise themselves with clinical management systems used in St George’s Hospital.
The post holder will be supported in the role by an experienced clinical team and we will ensure a relevant induction to the post, training and regular supervision.
To provide administration support to ensure the efficient running of the Macmillan Cancer Psychological Support (CaPS) team including -
o As the first point of contact with the team, appropriately managing a range of queries from patients and other health professionals
o Co-ordinating all team correspondence with patients and other health professionals to ensure timely communication, including letter-writing and formatting
o Highly proficient use of Trust IT systems including iCLIP and EPR
o Accurate recording of team clinical activity, including obtaining and processing of clinical notes
o Holding responsibility for patient appointments, including arranging transport and interpreters as required
o Management of telephone queries from patients and staff, including appropriate escalation as needed
o Maintaining service referral database
o Maintaining adequate supplies of resources required by the team
o Assisting with audit and governance projects
o Ad hoc administrative tasks as required
*****Please review the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role*****
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
*****Please review the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role*****
This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Apr 2024
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a team administrator to work in our well-established, dynamic and friendly service.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual who will play a key role in supporting the work of the multidisciplinaryteam. The post holder will be responsible for the efficient and effective day-to-day running of the service. As the role requires a high degree of contact with service users, the post holder will need to demonstrate excellent communication, organisational and people skills. In addition, effective management of time and prioritising tasks will be crucial. The post holder will liaise with members of the immediate Cancer Psychological Support (CaPS) team, colleagues in the wider cancer services, other clinical teams based at the Phoenix Centre and St George’s Hospital as a whole and service managers. The post holder will also need to be confident working with computer systems, including being able to familiarise themselves with clinical management systems used in St George’s Hospital.
The post holder will be supported in the role by an experienced clinical team and we will ensure a relevant induction to the post, training and regular supervision.
To provide administration support to ensure the efficient running of the Macmillan Cancer Psychological Support (CaPS) team including -
o As the first point of contact with the team, appropriately managing a range of queries from patients and other health professionals
o Co-ordinating all team correspondence with patients and other health professionals to ensure timely communication, including letter-writing and formatting
o Highly proficient use of Trust IT systems including iCLIP and EPR
o Accurate recording of team clinical activity, including obtaining and processing of clinical notes
o Holding responsibility for patient appointments, including arranging transport and interpreters as required
o Management of telephone queries from patients and staff, including appropriate escalation as needed
o Maintaining service referral database
o Maintaining adequate supplies of resources required by the team
o Assisting with audit and governance projects
o Ad hoc administrative tasks as required
*****Please review the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role*****
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
*****Please review the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role*****
This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Apr 2024
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