Specialist Palliative Care Administrative Assistant

To provide efficient and comprehensive administrative support to the Peterborough and Stamfords Specialist Palliative Care Community and Hospital Teams. To provide efficient and comprehensive administrative support to the Clinical Psychologist working with the Specialist Palliative Care Team. To perform all allocated clerical tasks required to meet the needs of the service. The post holder will:- Be responsible for ensuring that all duties are carried out in accordance with the correct procedures and policies. Support the Lead Palliative and End of Life Nurse and the specialist team in developing the service and maintaining all its standards in line with NICE measures. Support workloads within the speciality. Maintain up to date records as requested by individual team members with regard to patient information. Actively take part in team meetings; including agenda setting, minute taking, room booking and ensuring meetings are attended by relevant staff by organising dates well in advance and communicating to all appropriate staff. Prepare documentation ready for the specialist palliative MDT weekly and facilitate these meetings. Deal sensitively and effectively with telephone enquiries from patients, relatives and colleagues. Ensure that data collection complies with the Caldicott and the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR). To undergo training as necessary to meet the needs of new developments within the specialist service. Managing individual workload in order to meet project deadlines assigned to the post holder. Adaptable to change management. Excellent team player with good communication skills. Enthusiastic, motivated, ability to prioritise and work independently. To support the Administrative Team Leader for the Specialist Nursing Team Job description Job responsibilities To provide efficient and comprehensive administrative support to the Peterborough and Stamfords Specialist Palliative Care Community and Hospital Teams. To provide efficient and comprehensive administrative support to the Clinical Psychologist working with the Specialist Palliative Care Team. To perform all allocated clerical tasks required to meet the needs of the service. The post holder will:- Be responsible for ensuring that all duties are carried out in accordance with the correct procedures and policies. Support the Lead Palliative and End of Life Nurse and the specialist team in developing the service and maintaining all its standards in line with NICE measures. Support workloads within the speciality. Maintain up to date records as requested by individual team members with regard to patient information. Actively take part in team meetings; including agenda setting, minute taking, room booking and ensuring meetings are attended by relevant staff by organising dates well in advance and communicating to all appropriate staff. Prepare documentation ready for the specialist palliative MDT weekly and facilitate these meetings. Deal sensitively and effectively with telephone enquiries from patients, relatives and colleagues. Ensure that data collection complies with the Caldicott and the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR). To undergo training as necessary to meet the needs of new developments within the specialist service. Managing individual workload in order to meet project deadlines assigned to the post holder. Adaptable to change management. Excellent team player with good communication skills. Enthusiastic, motivated, ability to prioritise and work independently. To support the Administrative Team Leader for the Specialist Nursing Team