Medical Secretary - Oral Max Fax

EAST LANCASHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST; Preston; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Preston is seeking an experienced Secretary/PA for the Maxillofacial Team. You will deliver patient-focused health care, manage workloads, and communicate effectively with medical personnel. Competence in keyboarding and audio-typing is essential, along with a flexible and proactive attitude. Previous medical experience is advantageous but not essential. Join a team committed to professional development and quality patient care.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Supportive work culture

Qualifications

• Competence in keyboard skills and audio typing is required.
• Knowledge of medical terminology is advantageous.
• Previous medical secretarial experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide secretarial support to consultants and medical teams.
• Prioritize own workload without direct supervision.
• Work accurately and methodically in a busy department.

Skills

Word processing

Audio-typing

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Flexibility

Resilience

Job description

The overall purpose of the post holder is to provide effective delivery of patient focused health care within key performance targets and provide communication and organisational skills for a designated number of consultant surgeons and their associated medical personnel/teams.

The role comprises a wide range of specific duties and requires competence in word processing, keyboard skills and audio-typing with the ability to prioritise own workload without direct supervision. We are currently looking for a suitably qualified and experienced Secretary/PA to join our Maxillofacial Team to provide a secretarial/PA role for the consultants.

You will need to work accurately and methodically, meet deadlines, show attention to detail, work as part of a team but use your own initiative. You will need to be able to work with all types of people and be helpful and reassuring when dealing with patients.

You will need to be flexible and pro-active, able to respond and adapt to the varying demands and changing circumstances in our busy department. Resilience is an important quality to success in this role as is the ability to plan and organise your own workload.

The role involves a wide range of specific duties and requires competence in keyboard skills and audio typing. Knowledge of medical terminology and previous medical secretarial experience is an advantage, but not essential.

About Us

Are you interested in an important and challenging role within the Head & Neck Department at Royal Blackburn Hospital? When you join our team, you'll notice that the organisation is full of talented people. Not just in the fields of medicine, nursing or diagnostics but in every part of the organisation. Professional and committed people who are all working together in an open and supportive culture.

We don't just look at you for who you are now; we look at you for who you could be in the future. We take training seriously, and encourage you to do the same. We want staff to develop their capabilities to the full with a range of learning and development opportunities.

To enable the Trust and its employees to exceed expectations and to achieve corporate and service aims and objectives, we need to recruit, develop and retain skilled and motivated people through effective people management and development, leading to a high performance culture.