AddressMedical Secretary - Directorate of Surgery
Part time 22.5 hours per week
Permanent
Salary range- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum (pro rota)
Closing Date- 29th March 2024
Interview Date-15th April 2024
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
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To work as part of a speciality team providing full secretarial support for the consultants and clinical staff in the team.
The post holder will work closely with the Team in ensuring that all clinics are typed speedily and accurately according to the guidelines laid down by the Trust.
Responsible for the audio typing of clinic tapes, reports, discharge summaries etc.
Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘ excel at patient care’ takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
E ffective Open Communication
e x cellence and safety in everything we do
C hallenge but support
E xpect respect and dignity
L ocal health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
To work as part of a speciality team. Responsible for the typing of all correspondence relating to outpatients and inpatients as well as typing departmental correspondence.
Receives enquiries from patients and staff, resolving straightforward enquiries and forwarding more complex issues to the most appropriate member of the team. Liaise professionally with all departments regarding admissions, waiting lists, ad hoc ward attenders and cancellations ensuring hospital policies are adhered to.
To organise meetings and appointments for the consultants and the speciality team and make adjustments in line with agreed protocols where necessary. To set up and maintain filing systems ensuring all documents are accurately and are appropriately archived.
To obtain investigation results and exercise judgement to ensure that medical attention is urgently drawn to histology and urgent telephoned results and all results are filed in the patient’s records.
To take responsibility for tracking patients notes in the office. To open and distribute post, prioritising any urgent post and ensuring relevant documentation is attached in addition to acting promptly and appropriately to all e-mail correspondence.
Please find attached job description and person specification. for further details.
