Medical Secretary

NHS; Brighton; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen at a leading NHS trust for a skilled Medical Secretary to join the Dermatology team at Brighton General Hospital. The role requires excellent interpersonal and IT skills to support medical professionals with administrative tasks, including audio typing, while ensuring effective communication with patients and colleagues.

Qualifications

• 2 years' experience in a secretarial/administrative role required.
• Experience in a hospital environment preferred.
• Experience of audio typing and medical terminology is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive secretarial role to Consultants and doctors.
• Audio typing letters, referrals, and reports.
• Organize and prioritize work effectively.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Excellent IT skills

Time Management

Organisational skills

Customer Care skills

Education

Medical Secretaries Diploma or equivalent qualification

English GCSE A-C or equivalent

Tools

SystemOne software

Digital dictation software

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Medical Secretary

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Job summary

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Medical Secretary to work as part of our friendly and highly efficient Dermatology secretarial team. You will be based at the Brighton General Hospital, Elm Grove, Brighton.

You must have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate with NHS colleagues, patients and relatives by email, telephone and face to face.

Excellent IT skills and English is essential.

You must be able to priorities your workload, be good at time management and have the ability to meet deadlines.

You must have 2 years' experience of a secretarial/administrative role, medical secretarial experience preferred.

Knowledge of working in a hospital environment or similar environment is desirable but not essential.

We are happy to consider a job share if appropriate and suitable candidates are available.

Main duties of the job

Working alongside the other medical secretaries you will provide a comprehensive secretarial role to the Consultants and doctors. This includes audio typing letters, referrals, reports etc, working to deadlines in order to support our patients.

The ability to organise and prioritise work effectively is essential as is the ability to accurately and quickly type/correct clinical letters. Experience of audio typing, computer skills and medical terminology is required although previous work experience as a medical secretary is not essential for the right person. You will have an excellent telephone manner and able to prioritise competing demands, meeting deadlines throughout the week.

About us

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in ourWellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.

Candidate information pack - University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

Working alongside the other medical secretaries you will provide a comprehensive secretarial role to the Consultants and doctors. This includes audio typing letters, referrals, reports etc, working to deadlines in order to support our patients.

The ability to organise and prioritise work effectively is essential as is the ability to accurately and quickly type/correct clinical letters. Experience of audio typing, computer skills and medical terminology is required although previous work experience as a medical secretary is not essential for the right person. You will have an excellent telephone manner and able to prioritise competing demands, meeting deadlines throughout the week.

Person Specification

Experience

• Excellent telephone skills - experience of talking to patients on the telephone & voicemail messages
• Excellent writing skills including accurate typing skills, grammar and punctuation skills
• NHS Experience
• Secretarial Experience (10 points medical secretarial/7 points secretarial)
• Experience of office work/reception work
• Dermatology/Plastic surgery departmental experience
• Medical Secretaries Diploma or equivalent qualification/experience
• Knowledge/Experience of digital dictation software
• Previous experience/knowledge of SystemOne software

Skills

• Ability to work as a team/job share and work well with others
• English GCSE A-C or equivalent
• Experience prioritising, organisational and time management skills
• Stress management skills/experience in busy working environment
• Customer Care/patient care skills
• Experience of Microsoft Word & Outlook
• RSA Stage 3 typing or equivalent experience/qualification
• Medical Terminology (Dermatology)

Inclusion and General

• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles
• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
• Demonstrates enthusiasm for working in the NHS/UHSx/Dermatology

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

£26,530 to £29,114 a yearper annum pro rata