Medical Secretary - Rheumatology

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust; Whitburn; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Band 4 Medical Secretary to join the Medicine Divisional Secretarial Team at East Surrey Hospital. The role provides a comprehensive secretarial and administrative service to consultants, clinical nurse specialists, and patients, requiring high organisational standards and clear communication.

The successful candidate will work in a pressurised environment, prioritise workloads, and support cross-team cover within the medicine

Qualifications

• Written English must be clear and accurate.
• Complete and accurate application.
• Evidence of essential experience for the role, including secretarial work.
• Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to consultants, nurse specialists and the patient pathway.
• Prioritise workload effectively in a pressurised environment.
• Coordinate cover arrangements across secretarial teams within the medicine division.

Skills

Written English

Waiting list management

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced Band 4 Medical Secretary to join the Medicine Divisional Secretarial Team at East Surrey Hospital. The purpose of the role is to deliver a comprehensive and effective secretarial and administrative service to our patients, teams of consultants and clinical nurse specialists.

The successful candidate will need to be highly motivated and able to work in a very pressurised environment. The successful candidate must be able to prioritise their own workload effectively and efficiently and possess excellent organisational, communication and customer service skills. Team working is essential for cover arrangements between the secretarial teams within departments alongside cover arrangements across the various clinical services within the medicine division as and when required.

Full and Part time hours will be considered.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

About us

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the region's busiest providers of healthcare. It was formed on 1 April 1998 following a merger between East Surrey Healthcare NHS and Crawley Horsham NHS Trusts. We are often referred to as 'SASH'.

We run East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, where we have more than 700 beds and provide acute and complex services. In addition, we provide a range of outpatient, diagnostic and less complex planned services at The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital, Crawley Hospital and Horsham Hospital.

Every year, over 120,000 people attend our Emergency Department, we deliver nearly 4,000 babies and almost half a million people have outpatient appointments with us.

We are a major local employer, with a diverse workforce of around 5,500 staff providing healthcare services to a growing population of some 744,000 people. We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we work hard to create an environment where everyone feels valued and supported. At our Trust, we strive to be the best place to work and receive care. We are dedicated to supporting you in your current role while helping you grow and develop your career. As part of our team, you will have access to excellent training opportunities, flexible working, dedicated support networks, and a strong emphasis on health and wellbeing to ensure a thriving and positive work environment.

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding the role please read the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

criteria

• Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
• A complete and accurate application
• Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
• Evidence of essential experience for role
• Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
• Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
• Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification
• Has previous experience of waiting list management and RTT performance indicators

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£28,392 to £31,157 a yearper annum plus high cost allowance