Medical Secretary

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in the UK is looking for a part-time Medical Secretary to support the team in Stoke-on-Trent. The successful candidate will handle responsibilities such as minuting meetings, typing clinical letters, and greeting service users. An excellent level of organisational and communication skills is essential. This role offers flexibility and the opportunity for further training and development.

Benefits

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Flexible, willing to undertake training.
• Good team worker.
• Ability to organise workload and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Minuting meetings.
• Typing clinical letters.
• Organising clinics.
• Greeting service users.
• Placing orders and maintaining stock levels.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Excellent typing skills

Tools

Lorenzo (electronic patient record system)

Job description

Overview

The North Stoke Community CAMHS team are looking to recruit a part time [30 hours a week] B3 Medical Secretary to support the Team based in Tunstall, Stoke on Trent. The successful postholder will be flexible, willing to undertake training, have excellent organisational skills and be a good team worker. Please note - due to current Immigration rules and regulations, this post is not eligible for sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Minuting meetings
• Typing clinical letters
• Organising clinics
• Greeting service users
• Placing orders and maintaining stock levels

Working for our organisation

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care. We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working. We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first \'carbon net zero\' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk)). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme."

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

In the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated above in order to prevent the number of applications received being unmanageable. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered.

Additional information

• Priority will be given to NHS staff across the region who are at risk of redundancy, where the vacancy is at the same band or one below their current band and candidates meet the essential criteria for this post.
• All employees new to the Trust will be subject to a 6 month probationary period.
• All clinical staff bands 2-4 that are new to the Trust will be required to complete a Care Certificate.
• Canvassing of members of the Trust or of any Committee of the Trust directly or indirectly for any appointment under the Trust shall disqualify the candidate for such appointment. The Trust does not pay travel expenses for candidates attending interviews. ALL POSTS INVOLVING ACCESS TO PERSONS IN RECEIPT OF HEALTH SERVICES WILL BE SUBJECT TO A DISCLOSURE & BARRING SERVICE DISCLOSURE. Please provide full contact details for all referees, especially their email addresses where possible. Failure to do may result in significant delays in your application. There may also be a requirement to provide additional referee details.

The successful candidate will be required to use in house systems such as Lorenzo [electronic patient record system], training for which, will be provided. You will be required to organise your own workload, using your own initiative to meet deadlines. You will be required to plan and organise clinics therefore good communication skills are essential. Excellent keyboard skills are also essential to the role.