Medical Secretary - Cardiology

Esneft; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Medical Secretary for the Cardiology Department at Ipswich Hospital. This fixed-term role involves providing essential administrative support, ensuring efficient operation within a busy medical team. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and attention to detail, contributing to patient care excellence.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Dynamic and enthusiastic team player required.
• Experience in a healthcare setting preferred.
• Ability to prioritize and plan effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support allocated Consultant and team.
• Deliver high standard of secretarial and administrative service.
• Train and develop team members.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Team player

Tools

Big Hand

PAS

Evolve

Lorenzo

Job description

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An opportunity has arisen for a Medical Secretary in the Cardiology Department based at Ipswich Hospital on a fixed term contract until December 2025.

This is a busy department working closely with the Medical Teams, Nursing Team, Outpatients Department, and other hospitals.

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic team player to integrate with the current team and provide an efficient and effective secretarial service.

You will be responsible for ensuring that the administration needed to support the running of this busy department is completed in a timely way within target timeframes and for the management of 18 weeks and other targets within this speciality. Attention to detail is a must as are excellent communication skills and the ability to prioritise and plan.

This is a key role within the department. For internal candidates, we will also be able to offer a secondment opportunity or a developmental post.

• To manage and support allocated Consultant and team in the Team Leader’s absence.
• To ensure a high standard of secretarial and administrative service are consistently delivered by undertaking / delegating all required tasks and activities on a daily basis.
• To utilise the required technology / hospital systems including Big Hand / PAS / Evolve / Lorenzo and any other new technology or system(s) that are introduced and support other team members to do so to deliver an efficient administrative and secretarial service.
• To recommend and support the implementation of service improvements to own and team working practice to improve workflow.
• To train and develop other team members to ensure competencies are developed, sustained and updated and to deliver the required administrative and secretarial service in a changing working environment.
  
  

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah Willingham Job title: Operational Coordinator Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01473 703529

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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