Medical Secretary | Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

jobs24.co.uk; Truro; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking healthcare provider is seeking an enthusiastic Medical Secretary to join their dynamic team in the Cardiology Department. This role involves providing essential secretarial and administrative support to consultants and allied health professionals, ensuring smooth communication within the clinical team. The ideal candidate will possess excellent audio-typing, organizational, and communication skills, along with a flexible approach to work. Join a dedicated team at a teaching hospital committed to delivering high-quality care and advancing medical education. If you are passionate about supporting healthcare professionals and thrive in a varied environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Excellent audio-typing and communication skills are essential.
• Must have a flexible and professional approach to work.

Responsibilities

• Provide secretarial and administrative support to consultants.
• Manage diaries and workload for the clinical team.

Skills

Audio-typing

Organisational Skills

Communication Skills

Flexibility

Education

Professional Registration

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Medical Secretary to join our current administrative team in the Cardiology Department. Primarily the role will be to provide secretarial and administrative support to the consultants, other allied health professionals and the current secretarial team across the division.

We are seeking a candidate who is eager to expand their own career, coupled with the enthusiasm to support a changeable environment with an innovative approach. To be successful, you will have excellent audio-typing, organisational and communication skills. You will have a flexible and professional approach to the work and enjoy the variety of communicating with a wide range of people both internal and external to the Trust. This includes being the first point of contact for all forms of communication within the clinical team, ensuring the effective day-to-day running of the clinical practice, providing diary management and workload organisation for the consultants and their teams, and providing cover for colleagues as necessary.

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School. The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles. Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

• Identity Checks
• Professional registration and qualification checks
• Employment history and reference checks
• Occupational Health clearance
• Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
• Right to work in the UK