Clerical Officer - Microbiology, Band 2 inGloucester inGloucester PUBLISHED 11 NOV 2024

This is an excellent opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced person to join the Microbiology Department as a Clerical Officer. The Microbiology laboratory is located on the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital site and provides an extensive service to the two acute hospitals, smaller local hospitals and to GPs in Gloucestershire and South Worcestershire. The current laboratory workload is approximately 380,000 specimens a year.

The successful candidate will be reliable, enthusiastic, motivated and forward thinking. They will demonstrate good interpersonal skills and must be a team player.

The secretarial team provides support for the Consultant Microbiologists and senior laboratory staff, with offices on both hospital sites.

Key duties for the clerical role include dealing with telephone enquiries, organising patient appointments and general clerical tasks.

About us

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required.

Educated to GCSE grade 4 or above (or equivalent) in literacy and numeracy

IT experience of Microsoft Office packages

Professional telephone manner to minimise conflict, resolve queries and maintain the reputation of the organisation when dealing with all calls

Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and to work to deadlines

Good written and verbal communication skills with a good command and understanding of English, punctuation and grammar

Good interpersonal skills for dealing with people internal and external to the organisation

Ability to work flexibly within a team

Ability to work quickly and accurately

Ability to use own judgement and initiative as appropriate

Specialist Areas

Andrology Appointment System

Administration of the telephone appointment line for patients booking semen analysis tests

Book patients into an Outlook calendar, within laboratory waiting time targets

Negotiate appointments with patients wherever possible, managing room bookings.

Process cancellation and re-appoint patients observing laboratory waiting times

Ensure that patients are aware of their appointment dates and all relevant information is sent out to them.

General Admin

Answering telephone enquiries for the department and for the Consultant Microbiologists

Taking telephone messages and forwarding to the relevant duty Consultant as appropriate

Receipting departmental invoices and deliveries for payment.

Delivering post within the department

General filing and photocopying duties

Checking tests results for the daily clinical file, ensuring the Consultant staff have all relevant information available for ward rounds

Highlighting to the clinical team members any results, correspondence or patient queries that need response and taking action e.g. booking investigations, transcription, etc.

Help maintain records required for the departments quality management system (e.g. approved suppliers)

Team-Working

To work as part of an Administrative Support Team working flexibly to ensure that administrative work is shared out equally and performed to excellent, efficient and safe standards

To help provide cover for colleagues during absences/annual/sick leave as directed by the Clinical Scientist.

Take the initiative when required as well as working flexibly and adapting to the demands of the department/team as appropriate.

Liaise with relevant team members to ensure that any process changes run smoothly and efficiently.