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We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dynamic secretary/administrator to join our Hospital Transfusion Practitioner Team. You will work closely within a team to provide administrative support and to play a key role in ensuring the smooth and efficient running of the transfusion service. If you are punctual and reliable, can multitask in a secretarial/administrative role and can see yourself as part of a busy team then we would like to hear from you.

Please ensure you read the person specification. Training and development will be provided on the job. Applications should be made online.

This post holder will be expected to provide high quality comprehensive administrative support services to the Blood Transfusion team.

The post holder will be expected to support diary management, meeting agenda setting, recording minutes, cascading relevant information and documents, data entry, maintaining electronic databases relating to training records, create, add and outcome all training sessions electronically. The post holder will be expected to set up virtual classrooms and meetings via Teams.

The post holder will at times be the only person in the office and he/she will have to make decisions regarding prioritising issues that may arise and need reporting, forwarding etc.

The post holder will, at times, be expected to attend clinical areas to assist with any potential blood transfusion equipment issues and also to assist with the setting up of training sessions held in the Education Centre across both sites and be able to cross sites at short notice.

Under the leadership of our Chair Jacqui Smith and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, we provide care for the residents of three of the most diverse London boroughs. More than half of our 7,500 strong workforce are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and most live in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge. We also provide healthcare services to people in south west Essex, and specialist neurosciences services to the whole of the county.

Our services include all the major specialties of large acute hospitals, operating from two main sites - King George Hospital in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We also provide outpatient services at Brentwood Community Hospital, Barking Hospital, Loxford Polyclinic, and Harold Wood Polyclinic. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London.

As we recover from Covid-19, we’re proud to be leading the way nationally in reducing the time our patients wait to get the treatment they need. The pandemic provided the drive for our teams to innovate and change.

We know we have more work to do to improve waiting times for urgent and emergency care, and our performance against the four-hour emergency access standard remains challenged, in comparison to many other London trusts.

We are particularly proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre; Radiotherapy Centre; Hyper Acute Stroke Unit; and dedicated breast care service at King George Hospital. We’re also pleased to be part of the NEL Cancer Alliance.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process or assistance with completion of the form (for applicants with a disability) can be made to Amanda Vickers, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5926. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.