Ocular Oncology Clerical Officer; PDF, B

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Essential criteria

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust manages the five adult hospitals and many of the Community Health Services in Sheffield and is one of the UK's busiest NHS Trusts. We employ around 18,000 staff and provide around one million patient episodes each year, making us the second largest NHS trust in England. As well as providing hospital services for our local population, our hospitals provide a range of vital regional and national specialties.

Regionally these include cardiac and orthopaedic surgery, neurology and renal care. National services include pulmonary hypertension treatment, particular ophthalmology, spinal and neurosurgical care, and specialist cancer treatments. We have been one of the best performing NHS organisations in the country over the last five years including winning the title of 'Hospital Trust of the Year' in the Good Hospital Guide three times.

The Trust has strong partnerships with the University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University and other healthcare providers to remain at the forefront of clinical sciences, teaching and research. The Northern General is the largest of our hospitals located to the north of the city, the hospital is spread out over a large site. Amongst the specialist services located there are orthopaedics, renal, spinal injuries and cardiothoracic (heart and lung) services.

Sheffields Adult Accident & Emergency department is also based here and is one of three Major Trauma Centres for the Yorkshire & Humber Region. The Royal Hallamshire is a major acute teaching hospital based around a tower block of 800 beds and a large outpatient department. The hospital is home to a range of expert specialist services which include a dedicated neurosciences department, the Sheffield Vision Centre, specialist Haematology centre and award winning Gastroenterology department.

Alongside the Royal Hallamshire is the Jessop Wing, a purpose built building providing round the clock maternity care and specialist neonatal intensive care. Weston Park is a specialist cancer hospital providing a full range of non-surgical cancer services to the population of South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire and North Derbyshire. It also enjoys national and international recognition for certain specific treatments.

It has 140 beds and is home to a specialist cancer research centre and one of the UKs only teenage cancer units. The Charles Clifford is a dental teaching hospital linked to The University of Sheffields School of Clinical Dentistry. The hospital provides dental outpatient services and emergency dental services for the city. The Trust also delivers a range of community services to provide care closer to home and prevent hospital admissions wherever possible.

We want to recruit and retain the best staff to organisation to deliver our commitment to high quality patient care.

Location

Site Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Town Sheffield
Postcode S10 2TB

Major / Minor Region South Yorkshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract Permanent
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary £23,615 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period Yearly
Grade (NHS AfC: Band
2)

Specialty

Main area Ophthalmology
Interview date 18/02/2025

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, well take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems.

Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

We are looking for a Clerical Officer to join the Ocular Oncology Team within the Ophthalmology Department at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.

You will support the administration team to manage the end to end clinical administrative processes associated to patient referrals and surgical bookings, in order to deliver a high quality administration service, for our patients and customers.

The work is varied and demanding with an emphasis on accuracy, adaptability and the ability to prioritise competing workloads. You will be providing administrative support to your line manager within Ophthalmology and the wider organisation.

This is a vital role in the delivery of patient care via the management of the patients end-to-end pathway and supporting the wider team. Our roles are varied and challenging and your day to day duties will include;

• Management of referrals
• Liaising with referring trusts to collate all relevant clinical information required by the Consultant team
• Ensuring patients referrals are registered and appropriately graded to follow the correct pathway through the service to ensure a great and…