Assistant Medical Secretary

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization is seeking a part-time Assistant Medical Secretary to support their Secretarial Team in Scarborough. Responsibilities include typing letters, answering inquiries, and managing patient relations. Applicants must have strong administrative capabilities and audio-typing experience. The role also offers various employee benefits, including a generous pension scheme and learning opportunities.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Generous relocation package

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Discounts on various services

Qualifications

• Experience in administrative and secretarial roles required.
• Ability to manage time and workload effectively.
• Experience dealing with patient queries and multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to Medical Secretaries and Consultant Teams.
• Type clinical and administrative letters.
• Handle telephone enquiries and deal with patient queries.

Skills

Excellent administration skills

Audio-typing experience

Good understanding of customer relations

Organisational skills

Job description

We are recruiting for a part time Assistant Medical Secretary, to join the Secretarial Team within the Care of the Elderly Department, based at Scarborough Hospital. You will provide support to the Medical Secretaries and their Consultant Teams, typing clinical and administrative letters, answering telephone enquiries and dealing with patient queries, covering the Medical Secretaries during periods of absence, and multi-disciplinary team meeting work.

Excellent administration/secretarial skills and audio‑typing experience/qualifications are required, as well as a good understanding of customer relations. You will be required to deal with queries from patients, Consultants and GPs. The successful candidates will be required to have good organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise the demands of a busy office and manage their time and workload effectively.

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.