Medical Secretary - Respiratory Band 3

United Lincolnshire Hospitals Nhs Trust; Swineshead; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an enthusiastic individual to join their Respiratory Department as a Medical Secretary. The role involves supporting administrative duties, managing patient pathways, and clinic typing. The ideal candidate will have recent medical secretarial experience, excellent typing skills, and a flexible team-oriented approach.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic team player and an experienced typist.
• Flexible approach to work.
• Ability to get on with others in a team-based environment.

Responsibilities

• Support administrative duties.
• Clinic typing and chasing reports.
• Booking appointments and liaising with departments.

Skills

Recent medical secretarial experience

Team player

Typing and word/text processing skills to RSA level 3

Audio typing experience

Education

GCSE English grade C or equivalent

Job description

Overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to work at Lincoln County Hospital within the Respiratory Department. The medical secretarial team provides a comprehensive service to the Consultants, Nurse Specialists and their teams and is essential in the provision of a high-quality patient experience. The post-holder will support the administrative duties, clinic typing, chasing reports, validating and actively managing patient pathways, booking appointments, liaising with other departments, external providers.

Responsibilities

• Support administrative duties, clinic typing, chasing reports, validating and actively managing patient pathways, booking appointments, liaising with other departments and external providers.

Qualifications

• Recent medical secretarial experience.
• Enthusiastic team player and an experienced typist.
• GCSE English grade C or equivalent.
• Typing and word/text processing skills to RSA level 3, including audio typing experience.
• A flexible approach to work and the ability to get on with others in a team-based environment.

About Lincolnshire Hospitals and Trusts

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county. This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).