Medical Secretary

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Coventry is seeking a Clinical Administrator to provide a comprehensive secretarial service supporting the Surgical Services team. You will ensure that clinical documentation is maintained and will work alongside various teams to optimize patient care and administrative effectiveness. This role offers the opportunity to join a passionate team committed to delivering high-quality healthcare.

Qualifications

• Experience in a clinical administrative setting is preferred.
• Ability to maintain efficient administrative systems.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all clinical documentation is up-to-date and available.
• Organize patient care in accordance with policy and targets.

Skills

Effective collaboration

Organization skills

Transcription skills

Job description

Overview

To provide a specialised, comprehensive and confidential patient centred clinical administration and secretarial service to the Surgical Services team in accordance with Departmental, Trust and National standards, policies and procedures. To act as a source of advice and guidance regarding the specialism for patients.

Please be advised this vacancy is not eligible for sponsorship.

Closing Date: this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

Responsibilities

• To ensure, wherever possible, that all clinical documentation is up-to-date, in an orderly fashion and available whenever clinical decisions are being made, reporting exceptional circumstances where necessary. This will require: effective collaboration with all relevant personnel to maintain an efficient administrative system; prompt transcription, manipulation and distribution of appropriate information for decision making.
• To ensure the effective organisation of all patients under the care of the consultant and his/her team in accordance with Local and National policy and targets. This will require effective collaboration with: the Booking Centre and Patient Access team to ensure the waiting list is up-to-date and accurate at all times; Outpatient Access team and General Managers to monitor the utilisation and effectiveness of outpatient clinics, ensuring that established Patient Access Policy and procedures are adhered to; Theatre, Diagnostic and Ward teams to ensure that the elective care pathway for all patients is seamless and sensitive to their needs.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation\'s core values.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Johanna Miskimmon Job title: Admin Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02476964946