Pathway Support (Medical Secretary)

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Development opportunities

Recruitment support

Employee benefits

Job summary

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) is seeking an administrative professional to join the Haematology secretarial team. You will support consultants, registrars and the waiting list team with clerical duties, NHS administrative tasks, and be a reliable point of contact for patients.

The role offers opportunities for professional development and ongoing support through recruitment channels, with employee benefits including gym discounts, onsite fitness classes and

Qualifications

• Typing clinical correspondence and handling telephone queries.
• Supporting haematology consultants and registrars with clerical tasks.
• Preparing clinics and inputting patient data across systems.

Responsibilities

• Dealing with telephone queries.
• Typing clinical correspondence.
• Prepping clinics.
• Inputting patient information onto our systems.
• Liaising with colleagues across the Haematology team and hospital departments.

Skills

Telephone queries

Typing clinical correspondence

Prepping clinics

Inputting patient information

General administrative duties

Tools

Healthcare IT systems

Job description

There is an exciting opportunity for you to become a part of the Cancer Business Unit at UHDB. We are looking for someone to join our Haematology secretary team. You will be a part of an Administration Team that provides support to the Haematology team, including consultants and registrars. In this role you will be providing a range of clerical and administrative support services to the medical secretary and waiting list team and in delivering an efficient and effective service for the clinicians in respect of their NHS work within the business unit as well as being an important point of contact for our patients.

The Main Duties For The Role Includes

• Dealing with telephone queries
• Typing clinical correspondence
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• Prepping clinics
• Inputting patient information onto our different systems and supporting the Haematology Team with general administrative duties.
• Liaising daily with colleagues including the immediate secretary team, senior and junior Medical teams, management and other hospital departments.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Helen Julian Job title: Pathway Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01283 511511