Assistant Medical Secretary

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A National Health Service Trust is seeking an Assistant Medical Secretary to join the Acute Medicine department at York Teaching Hospital for 26 hours per week. The role involves providing administrative support, managing patient queries, and covering for Medical Secretaries. Candidates must have excellent secretarial skills, audio-typing experience, and the ability to work independently. This position offers various employee benefits including travel assistance and extensive professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Access to NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday increasing to 33 days

Relocation package up to £18k

Access to Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Discounts on restaurants, shopping, etc.

Qualifications

• Excellent administration/secretarial skills are required.
• Audio-typing experience and qualifications are necessary.
• Ability to deal with queries from patients and consultants.

Responsibilities

• Typing clinical and administrative letters.
• Answering telephone enquiries.
• Covering Medical Secretaries during absence.

Skills

Administration skills

Audio-typing experience

Customer relations understanding

Organisational skills

Time management

Job description

We are recruiting for an Assistant Medical Secretary to join the Secretarial Team for 26 hours per week within the Acute Medicine department, based at York Teaching Hospital. You will provide support to the Medical Secretary and their Consultant Teams.

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.

You will be responsible for typing clinical and administrative letters, answering telephone enquiries and dealing with patient queries, as well as covering the Medical Secretaries during periods of absence.

The successful candidate 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. They will also be required to work unsupervised and communicate with Consultant Physicians and wider team members on a regular basis.

For further information on what it is like to work for our Trust please visit https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd.

Our Benefits

• 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.
• 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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Duckitt Job title: Operational Service Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07385 676731