Senior Medical Secretary

Bolton Nhs Foundation Trust; Bolton; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust seeks a highly organised medical secretary to provide comprehensive secretarial support to consultants, with cross-cover for colleagues within the Orthopaedic interface service at Bolton One Health Centre. The role requires excellent administrative skills and the ability to communicate effectively with staff, patients, and external colleagues.

The post holder will lead and support the secretarial team to meet current and future service needs, ensuring efficient office

Qualifications

• Experience as a medical secretary in a similar setting.
• Excellent organisation and communication skills.
• Ability to provide leadership and support to the secretarial team.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical secretarial duties to consultants and clinical team.
• Support and cover the medical secretariat team to ensure smooth running.
• Maintain communication channels between medical staff, GPs, patients, and the division.

Skills

Organisational skills

Medical secretarial experience

Communication skills

Tools

Administrative systems

Job description

The post holder will provide a comprehensive and efficient medical secretarial service to Consultants, providing cross cover for fellow secretaries when required. The post holder will also provide an efficient channel of communication between the medical staff, general practitioner colleagues, and patients, members of the public, the Community Services Division and disciplines within the service. The post holder will also be responsible for office function and provide leadership, supporting the development needs of the secretarial team to meet current & future needs of the service., Provision of medical secretarial duties and administrative support to the consultants and clinical team , Support the medical secretariat team and ensure smooth efficient running of the office and meet appropriate targets.

We are looking for a highly organised medical secretary with experience in a similar setting to undertake this challenging role within the Orthopaedic interface service at Bolton One Health Centre ., The post holder will require a high degree of organisational skills and excellent working knowledge of administrative systems, with the ability to communicate to staff and patients at all levels.

The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff have joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed.