Senior Medical Secratary

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust; Stockport; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Stockport is seeking a Senior Medical Secretary to provide essential secretarial services to Consultants in the Medicine Division. The successful candidate will manage medical typing, coordinate patient appointments, and maintain accurate patient records to ensure effective healthcare delivery. Applicants should have prior medical secretarial experience and familiarity with NHS systems. This permanent, full-time role offers a salary of £27,485 to £30,162, along with comprehensive benefits, including generous annual leave.

Benefits

27-33 days of annual leave

Salary sacrifice schemes

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance support

Qualifications

• Previous medical secretarial experience.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Able to prioritize own workload.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal assistant and senior medical secretarial service to Consultants.
• Undertake medical audio/copy typing duties.
• Arrange appointments and special tests as required.
• Ensure patient pathways are updated appropriately.

Skills

Knowledge of medical terminology

Medical Secretarial Qualification

Ability to work under pressure

Ability to prioritize workload

Education

Working knowledge of PAS and Winscribe and/or NHS Systems

Job description

To provide an effective and efficient Senior Medical Secretary service to named Consultants within the Medicine Division. To provide support for the team of Medical Secretaries in order to meet trust targets.

Important Notice on Visa Sponsorship Eligibility

Please note that whilst the trust does offer sponsorship this role isunfortunately not eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Health and Care Worker/Skilled Worker visa route. This is due to the position not meeting the minimum salary threshold of £41,000 per annumand/or the requiredskill levelset by UK Visas and Immigration.

We appreciate your interest in this opportunity and encourage applications from candidates who already have theright to work in the UK.

Main duties of the job

To undertake medical audio/copy typing duties including outpatient letters to General Practitioners and any other official correspondence i.e reports

Arranging appointments as required

Be responsible for arranging special tests requested by the Consultant or Junior Medical Staff

To be responsible for and collation of investigation results

To undertake any other duties as may be required as appropriate by the Consultant or line manager in accordance to the needs of the service

To ensure patient pathways are updated as appropriate.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

Job responsibilities

To provide a personal assistant and senior medical secretarial service directly to Consultants under the medicine business group.

To collate information for clinical audits if required

To undertake medical audio/copy typing duties including outpatient letters to General Practitioners and any other official correspondence i.e reports

Arranging appointments as required

Be responsible for arranging special tests requested by the Consultant or Junior Medical Staff

To be responsible for and collation of investigation results

Responsible for obtaining relevant investigation results from PACS and Intranet result service.

To deal with day-to-day incoming mail, assigning priority and/or taking any necessary action without reference to consultant staff if necessary and within remit

To ensure patient pathways are updated as appropriate.

To respond to enquiries received from GPs and other Health Personnel, patients and relatives

To maintain patient records and track notes electronically in a manner acceptable to the Trust

Engage in the use of Evolve and all other electronic patient notes system

To observe absolute confidentiality of all information obtained in the course of your work

To liaise with Health Records/Appointments staff regarding outpatient clinic numbers, urgent appointments and Consultant/Junior Medical Staff annual leave

To actively participate in the introduction of and use of information technology

To cover, as practical, other secretarial team members absences

To undertake any other duties as may be required as appropriate by the Consultant or line manager in accordance to the needs of the service

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Working knowledge of PAS and Winscribe and/or NHS Systems

Experience

• Able to work under pressure
• Able to prioritise own workloadUnderstand and carry out instructions accurately
• Previous medical secretarial experience

Skills

• Knowledge of medical terminology
• AMSPAR Medical Secretarial Qualification and or Extensive Medical Secretary Experience

Knowledge

• Working knowledge of PAS and Winscribe and/or NHS Systems
• Ability to use own initiative
• Previous medical secretarial experience
• Knowledge of medical terminology

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.

Employer name

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Address

First Floor Cedar House secretarial offices

£27,485 to £30,162 a yearpro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

362-A-25-7569275

Job locations

First Floor Cedar House secretarial offices