Medical Secretary

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS FT; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

NHS Pension Scheme

27–33 days annual leave

Job summary

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Medical Secretary (Band 4) to provide confidential secretarial support to consultants and the clinical team within the children and families services.

The role focuses on accurate typing, diary management, prioritising a busy workload and maintaining high standards of confidentiality and professionalism in a busy NHS environment.

Qualifications

• Excellent typing and secretarial skills.
• Proven administrative skills with the ability to prioritise and manage workload to tight deadlines.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical secretarial support to consultants and the clinical team.
• Organise Consultant workloads and manage diaries; handle office correspondence including complaints and legal documents.
• Manage patient pathways and ensure KPI targets are met within the department.

Skills

Typing

Secretarial

Communication

Multitasking

Tools

Medical secretary software

Job description

Medical Secretary - Band 4 (37.5 hours per week)

Permanent

Are you an experienced Medical Secretary looking for NHS working opportunities and have fantastic typing and secretarial skills? A great multitasker? A good eye for detail?

As a Medical Secretary, you will have the opportunity to work alongside our highly motivated, enthusiastic Medical Secretaries and work as part of our team on a flexible basis. Our Medical Secretaries provide a confidential medical secretary service to the Consultants and other members of the Clinical Team enabling the delivery of an effective, efficient and timely service to children and families.

You will be passionate about our business, creating a culture of continuous improvement, where patient welfare is at the heart of all you do.

If you enjoy communicating with people, are a good team player with excellent oral and written communication skills, and have a willingness to contribute to positive team working, we would love to hear from you!

You will be expected to liaise with staff and colleagues at all levels. You will have proven administrative skills with the ability to prioritise and manage your own workload to tight deadlines. You will need to demonstrate initiative and flexibility in your approach and be able to work to tight deadlines. It is essential that all work is of a consistently high standard and dealt with in a confidential manner.

To work autonomously to provide medical secretarial support to consultants, and the department including organising Consultant workload and managing diaries, dealing with office correspondence, which will include complaints and medical legal documents, the tracking of investigations, general typing and dealing with all enquires. Ensure that there is clear and concise communication with Support Secretary to manage patient pathways using the IT tools provided. The role and duties must be carried out in line with all national and local targets and achieve all KPI’s in line with these.

Responsible for providing an efficient and high quality service to support the Secretarial & Administrative Team in the management of all waiting lists, booking and scheduling and ensuring that targets are met.

Post holder will be required to work as part of a centralised team including other Medical secretaries, Booking & Scheduling Co-Ordinator’s, Secretarial Support Clerks, and Administrative Support Clerks providing cover for colleagues as directed by your manager

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.

Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Suzanne McKee Job title: Secretarial and Administration Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0161 922 5503

If you require any further information or for an informal chat please contact Suzanne McKee on 0161-922-5503 or Allison Mohan on 0161-922- 6907.