Medical Secretary

NHS Scotland; Hospital; Presencial; CLP 29.606.000 - 38.616.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

NHS pension scheme

35 days annual leave

Generous benefits

Descripción de la vacante

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking a capable secretary/administrator to provide comprehensive support to Consultant and specialist teams. The role focuses on audiotyping, managing clinical correspondence, and coordinating results for timely patient care.

You will handle a range of inquiries from staff, patients and carers while maintaining efficient administrative workflows in a busy hospital setting.

Formación

• HNC/SVQ III in Secretarial Studies/Business Administration or equivalent experience.
• Understanding of a range of work procedures, some non routine requiring an intermediate level of theoretical knowledge.
• Knowledge of the range of secretarial procedures which includes advanced keyboard skills.
• Proficient in use of software systems.

Responsabilidades

• Provide a high quality secretarial and administrative service for the Consultant/Associate Specialist, Nurse Specialist Teams, PAM Practitioner to ensure efficiency in patient care.
• Audiotyping of clinical correspondence within agreed timescales.
• Maintain a pending system for all results and ensure these are seen by the appropriate consultants.
• Deal with telephone and face-to-face inquiries from all staff groups, patients, relatives, carers, providing information and prioritising queries.

Conocimientos

Advanced keyboard skills

Understanding of work procedures

Proficient in software systems

Educación

HNC/SVQ III in Secretarial Studies/Business Administration

Herramientas

Microsoft Office

Audiotyping / shorthand typing

Descripción del empleo

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

About The Organisation

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

To provide a comprehensive secretarial and administrative service to a Physician/General Surgeon/Dental Consultant, Nurse Specialist or group of Physicians/Surgeons/Dental Consultants, Associate Specialists, Nurse Specialist and PAM Specialists.

In This Key Role, You Will

• Provide a high quality secretarial and administrative service for the Consultant/Associate Specialist, Nurse Specialist Teams, PAM Practitioner to ensure efficiency in patient care.
• Responsible for the audiotyping (touch-typing, shorthand typing) of clinical correspondence, ensuring these are typed within agreed timescales.
• Responsible for maintaining a pending system for all results and ensuring these are seen by the appropriate consultants.
• Deal with telephone and face to face inquiries from all staff groups, patients, relatives, carers, providing information, directing and prioritising queries as appropriate, to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery.

What You'll Bring

• HNC/SVQ lll in Secretarial Studies/Business Administration or equivalent experience.
• Understanding of a range of work procedures, some of which are non routine requiring an intermediate level of theoretical knowledge.
• Knowledge of the range of secretarial procedures which includes advanced keyboard skills.
• Proficient in use of software systems.

What We Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

• Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children's settings.