Cardiology Medical Secretary

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; Vor Ort; GBP 30.000 - 33.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Cardiology Medical Secretary (AFC Band 4) to join the busy Cardiology Department in Guildford. The role supports consultants and clinical teams with accurate dictation-driven correspondence and comprehensive secretarial duties.

Ideal candidates will have hospital secretarial experience, excellent typing skills, and a professional, patient-focused approach in a busy environment.

Qualifikationen

• GCSE level or equivalent including English.
• Advanced keyboard and audio typing skills.
• Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills.

Aufgaben

• Producing accurate and timely clinical correspondence via a dictation programme.
• Providing comprehensive secretarial support and assistance.

Kenntnisse

Advanced keyboard and audio typing

Excellent verbal communication

Interpersonal skills

Prioritise workload

Ausbildung

GCSE English

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Access

PowerPoint

Cerner

Jobbeschreibung

Employer Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Town Guildford Salary £29,812 - £32,715 per annum including High Cost Area Supplement Salary period Yearly Closing 30/10/2026 23:59

Cardiology Medical Secretary

AFC Band 4

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Cardiology Department to join our existing administrative team. We are looking for individuals ideally with medical secretarial experience in a hospital or clinical environment that are able to work both within busy teams and on their own initiative.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated individual with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills. The successful candidate will work closely with the administrative and clinical teams. You should have a professional attitude towards work and have the ability to work flexibly in a busy environment.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for:

• Producing accurate and timely clinical correspondence via a dictation programme
• Providing comprehensive secretarial support and assistance

Our administrative staff provide essential support to clinical teams striving to ensure the patients’ experience is what we would expect for our own family and friends. Because we understand and value the contribution of administrative staff in our teams we invest in training and development to make sure our staff are equipped with the right skills and knowledge to cope with the demands of the role.

Working for our organisation

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5,000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme alongside a strong commitment to developing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family ensures you feel valued from your initial interview and throughout your time with us.

We are clinically led and provide joined-up care by bridging hospital and community services, alongside delivering regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford, with community sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh, and services delivered in patients’ homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We work in partnership with Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust through a collaborative Group Model, supporting joined-up services, workforce flexibility and development opportunities.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated us as Outstanding. We are proud of our achievements and continue to invest in our people and infrastructure.

To learn more about life at Royal Surrey, please watch our short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide a full range of medical secretarial and personal assistant service to consultants and their team. Manage own workload, demonstrate efficient organisation and oversee the smooth effective operation of the office. To work autonomously within a team, providing full organisational support to the consultant’s practice and their team. To ensure procedures and working practices are in place so that the speciality and Trust can deliver a service that meets the standards and targets that have been set. To provide a considerate, patient focussed service in all dealings with patients and with staff around the hospital and throughout the whole system.

Qualifications

• Good general standard of education to GCSE level or equivalent including English

Knowledge

• Demonstrates the ability to prioritise workload and to adapt effectively to changing priorities
• Evidence of establishing and maintaining effective filing systems
• Advanced keyboard and audio typing skills
• Working knowledge of Word, email and internet
• Working knowledge of a range of software packages e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint, and locally used data bases.
• Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent telephone manner
• Knowledge of basic anatomy and physiology
• Working knowledge of the Trust Patient Administration System (Cerner) (*)
• Detailed knowledge of patient pathways and advanced medical terminology in own area of work (*)
• Knowledge of NHS priorities and understanding of the guidelines and targets in own area of work (*)