Medical Secretary

Elysium Healthcare; Leek; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Medical Secretary to provide administrative support to their medical team. You will manage diaries, plan meetings, and liaise with agencies to update service user records. The ideal candidate should have strong IT skills, audio typing experience, and good communication abilities. This full-time role offers an annual salary of £25,935, along with various benefits and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Annual leave of 33 days

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Packages

Qualifications

• Must have IT skills and experience in audio typing.
• Excellent communication and organisation skills required.
• Knowledge of mental health will be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the medical team.
• Manage diaries and plan meetings.
• Liaise with external agencies for service user information.
• Lead in recording blood test results.

Skills

IT skills including Microsoft Office

Experience of audio typing

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Knowledge of mental health and medications

Education

A minimum of 4 GCSEs or equivalent

Job description

Do you have administration experience and are looking to step into a new role? Join Ballington House as a Medical Secretary and enjoy a career where you are valued and supported to be the best you can be.

Working 37.5 hours a week, you will be responsible for providing administrative support to medical team at Ballington House. From managing their diaries, planning meetings to updating records, you will be able to turn your hand to any admin related task.

As the Medical Secretary, you will work alongside the Registered Clinicians assisting with confidential paperwork, service users records and GP letters. You will liaise with external agencies to get up-to-date information on service users and GP letters.

You will liaise with external agencies to get up-to-date information on service users and will take to lead in recording their blood test results.

There's also a huge range of courses on offer to help grow and develop your career. If you have the aspiration, capability and dedication, Elysium Healthcare can give you the support and opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.

As a Medical Secretary you will be:

• Supporting the Registered Clinician with letters and general documentation
• Supporting all meetings as minute taker as requested chaired by the Medical Director, SMT or ad hoc.
• Receiving and record typing, checking, and amending for spelling and grammatical errors, completing within given deadlines.
• Participating in the administration, development and evaluation of regulatory matters.
• Co‑ordinating the hospital diary and the whereabouts of the clinicians
• Booking in meetings
• Arranging Conference Calls

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• IT skills including Microsoft Office
• Experience of audio typing
• Communication and organisational skills
• A minimum of 4 GCSEs or equivalent
• Knowledge of mental health and medications

• Mental Health Act Experience an advantage

Where you will be working:

Location: Ballington Gardens, Leek, Staffordshire ST13 5LW

You will be working at Ballington House, a 13 bedded Mental Health rehabilitation hospital that provides services for women with complex Mental Health needs.

The environment at Ballington House offers a pathway from admission to discharge which incorporates three phases; the assessment phase (accepting help), the rehabilitation phase (believing, trying and learning) and the community phase‑out (self‑reliance).

The patients journey generally begins on the ground floor and as they move through each phase of their pathway they proceed to the first floor and then the two bedroomed apartment on the first floor.

You will work alongside an experienced multi‑disciplinary team consisting of a consultant psychiatrist, clinical psychologist and assistants, an occupational therapist and assistants, nurses, and support workers.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £25,935
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) - plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work‑life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Packages so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.