Clerical Officer - Surgical Directorate

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital-based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

To provide a comprehensive administrative service to the medical and nursing teams within the ward environment.

This is a fixed term post for 12 months. If a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.

In this key role, you will:

• Provide a high quality administrative service for the medical and nursing staff to ensure efficiency in patient care.
• Ensure availability of case notes at the time of patient admission, which may involve liaising with other hospitals.
• Deal with telephone and face to face enquiries from all staff groups, patients, relatives, carers providing information directly and prioritising queries as appropriate ensuring efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery.
• Responsible for arranging review appointments for the appropriate clinic and arranging transport to facilitate the patient journey.

What You'll Bring

• Good basic education.
• Basic understanding of office procedures.
• Proficient in use of Software systems.
• Good organisational and communication skills.

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children's settings.