Clinical Team Secretary in SOUTHALL inSOUTHALL PUBLISHED WED 12 MAR 2025 Jump to job information section
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Job description
We currently have a vacancy for a full-time, Band 4 Clinical Team Secretary within the Men's Medium Secure, West London Forensic Service based on the St Bernards Hospital site.
Each post holder would be responsible for the planning, management and delivery of a comprehensive administrative and secretarial service for one or more clinical team(s). They would also be responsible for a range of other administrative duties within the team.
The post holder must be able to work well with the team and on their own initiative with an ability to multitask in order to execute a full range of administrative and secretarial duties.
We are seeking to appoint a confident, organised, proactive and approachable person for this challenging role. The ideal candidate would have previous experience working as a clinical team secretary or similar role and a good working knowledge of RiO, the electronic patient record.
To provide full administrative and secretarial support to the clinical team for all inpatients under the consultant's team.
To provide support to directors/senior managers as appropriate.
To liaise with the courts, solicitors, special hospitals and the prison service regarding patients referred or admitted to the WLFS.
To provide full administrative and secretarial support to the Care Programme Approach in accordance with the Trust's CPA Policy as required.
To liaise with the Patients Affairs Department to ensure that all documentation is processed in respect of legal detention of patients on a section of the MHA 1983, consent to treatments and the arrangements for Mental Health Tribunals and Managers' Hearings.
To ensure that the RC is prepared for any meetings, conferences in order to ensure effective participation.
To organise and maintain the RCs office in good order and introduce systems to effect good practice.
To set up and maintain an "Action List" to ensure that all action undertaken by the RC and his/her/their Team(s) is listed and carried out as appropriate.
To attend and take minutes of governance meetings as required.
To support enquiries and investigations.
To organise meetings, conferences as appropriate.
To set up and maintain effective filing systems.
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