Medical Secretary

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Dudley; Vor Ort; GBP 24.000 - 30.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Medical Secretary at Bushey Fields Hospital in Dudley to provide efficient secretarial support to a Consultant Psychiatrist and the team in General Adult Psychiatry and Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment.

The role requires accurate audio typing, strong organisation, and experience with patient administration systems; full training on IT systems will be provided.

Qualifikationen

• AMSPAR Diploma or equivalent qualification or previous relevant experience in a Medical Secretary role.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Experience with medical terminology and audio typing.
• Experience with patient information systems would be advantageous.

Aufgaben

• Provide secretarial support to a Consultant Psychiatrist and the team.
• Attend multidisciplinary team meetings and follow up actions.
• Input referrals and make appointments as required.
• Maintain up-to-date patient medical records and book Outpatient/Community Clinics.
• Liaise with wards regarding inpatients and use computerised systems (e.g., MS Office, Outlook, RIO) and audio transcription (Bighand).

Kenntnisse

Audio typing

MS Office

Communication skills

Organised

Medical terminology

Ausbildung

AMSPAR Diploma or equivalent

GCSEs English & Maths

Audio Typing skills & Medical terminology

RSA/OCR Level 3 typing

Tools

RIO

Jobbeschreibung

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Medical Secretary

The closing date is 18 November 2026

We are currently looking to recruit to a Medical Secretary post within Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, based at Bushey Fields Hospital in Dudley.

We require an enthusiastic and highly motivated Medical Secretary, who can provide an efficient secretarial support service to a Consultant Psychiatrist and their respective team in General Adult Psychiatry and Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment.

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to work independently and as part of a team, exercising judgement and initiative to prioritise and co-ordinate your own workload. In addition to general medical secretarial duties the post-holder will attend multidisciplinary team meetings when required and follow up meeting actions, ensuring patients' medical records are kept up-to-date, book appointments, co-ordinate Outpatient and Community Clinics and liaise with wards regarding inpatients. You will be required to use various computerised systems, e.g. Microsoft Office, Outlook and patient administration systems (eg; RIO) to input referrals and make appointments where required, together with audio transcription via a digital dictation system (Bighand). Please note that full training will be provided on the relevant IT systems.

About us

The post holder will provide a comprehensive medical secretarial role, acting as first point of contact for the medical team.

Job responsibilities

See attached job description and person specification.

The successful candidate will need to have excellent communication skills, be extremely organised and have excellent secretarial/administrative skills.

This role is very busy and demanding, with competing demands and deadlines to meet. We require an individual who is able to work on their own initiative and also as part of a wider team.

The post holder will be required to have the AMSPAR Diploma together with medical secretarial experience, or extensive medical secretarial experience together with RSA/OCR Level 3 qualification in typewriting / word processing / audio typing or equivalent. Experience and understanding of patient information systems would be advantageous. MS Office experience is essential as you may be required to use all packages within the role.

Person Specification

Education and Quals

• Minimum of 5 x GCSE's at Grade C or above, including English and Maths, or equivalent
• AMSPAR Diploma or equivalent qualification or previous relevant experience in a Medical Secretary role
• Audio Typing skills & Knowledge of medical terminology
• Ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with service users, carers and professionals both within and outside the Trust

Experience & Knowledge

• Relevant secretarial experience, preferably in a NHS environment
• Fast and accurate audio and typing skills
• Working knowledge and understanding of confidentiality

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.

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust