Office Manager / Senior Secretary

o To provide comprehensive line management of the Acute Child Health admin team.

o To co-ordinate the patient journey by ensuring a proactive, comprehensive, streamlined administrative process which revolves around the patient and their individual needs.

o Ensure a smooth process and compliance to National Cancer waiting time standards, National RTT compliance standard, diagnostic standards and any internal targets.

o Ensure correct data capture and quality to support the care group in maximising the potential target and financial performance.

o Work in a team based administrative service providing support for each other and ensuring continuity of the service.

The Child Health admin team are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced individual to work as an Office Manager/Senior Secretary.

We require someone with a high standard of organisational skills in order to provide an efficient administrative service to the team. This role will keep you both busy and challenged. You must be highly motivated with excellent communication skills, the ability to use your own initiative and work well under pressure.

You will need to be adaptable, reliable and a team player with good qualifications and/or management experience.

Knowledge of working in a hospital environment is desirable as is knowledge of the hospital systems and an understanding of the RTT pathways.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.