Senior Float Medical Secretary

HCA Healthcare UK; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Float Medical Secretary to join their team in Central London. This role involves providing high-quality secretarial support across multiple facilities, ensuring the management of patient appointments and confidential information. The ideal candidate will have previous medical secretarial experience and a strong understanding of medical terminology, with a commitment to excellent patient care.

Benefits

25 days holiday each year

Private Healthcare Insurance

Private pension contribution

Season Ticket Loan

Group Life Assurance

Critical illness cover

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay

Qualifications

• Previous Medical Secretarial experience.
• Significant understanding of Medical terminology.
• Strong attention to detail and accurate typing skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide full secretarial support to various consultants.
• Manage patient appointment scheduling and results handling.
• Maintain patient records and ensure confidentiality.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Confidentiality

Education

Previous Medical Secretarial experience

Understanding of Medical terminology

Job description

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Job Title: Senior Medical Secretary | Float

Location: Central London; travel between various sites will be required

Full time 37.5 hours per week

Shift times: Monday – Friday, 0900-1700 (some flexibility will be required to cover clinics)

Permanent

Salary: Competitive + Generous travel allowance + Benefits

We’re looking for a Senior Medical Secretary to join our Float Team based at across our London HCA facilities.

As a Senior Medical Secretary you’ll be responsible for ensuring the continued provision of the highest quality of secretarial and administrative support. Duties will include providing full secretarial support to various consultants across various specialities, being responsible for the appropriate management of patient appointments, liaising with patients and hospital staff as required in order to facilitate this. You will also undertake any other duties as called upon to carry out by the Practice Manager.

Above all else, we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life. It’s this guiding vision that influences everything we do at HCA UK. From the CEO to the colleagues on the floor we all have a part to play in delivering exceptional care to our patients. Other’s may think this is just a support role, but to us, you’ll be part of a wider team with a unique sense of purpose, one that helps improve lives on a daily basis.

What You’ll Do

• Provide full secretarial support to the Consultants practice (including audio-typing of clinical/non-clinical material, reports etc) including those of a sensitive nature, whilst maintaining confidentiality.
• At consultants’ request arrange admissions, request investigations and obtain test results using hospital data systems. Draw consultants’ immediate attention to results deemed abnormal or urgent.
• Manage other correspondence and telephone contacts appropriately.
• Maintain and file accurate patient records, including appropriate patient case note filing, and preparation of relevant clinic notes prior to Outpatient Clinics.
  
  

What You’ll Bring

• Previous Medical Secretarial experience.
• Experience within Private Sector (Desirable)
• Significant understanding of Medical terminology.
• Strong attention to detail, accurate typing and letter proof reading skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Excellent communication skills.
  
  

Why HCA UK?

Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing.

Benefits

By caring for our employees, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day. As a Senior Medical Secretary you’ll be eligible for:

• 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you
• Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals
• Private pension contribution which increases with length of service
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme
• Group Life Assurance from day one
• Critical illness cover
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
• Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland
• Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you
• Discounts with over 800 major retailers
  
  

Culture and values

At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients, and each other.

Our mission is simple, above all else we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues.

To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:

• Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual
• Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion
• Honesty, integrity and fairness: - We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness
• Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity
  
  

Reasonable adjustments

We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them

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