Senior Medical Secretary

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

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Medical Secretary to provide a comprehensive secretarial service to medical professionals. This role requires initiative, confidentiality, and diplomacy while managing various administrative tasks, including typing clinic letters and processing patient information. Join a team that values excellence and professionalism, and contribute to delivering outstanding patient care. If you are passionate about healthcare and possess strong secretarial skills, this opportunity could be the perfect fit for you.

Qualifications

• Erfahrung in der medizinischen Sekretariatsarbeit ist von Vorteil.
• Fähigkeit zur genauen Verarbeitung medizinischer Terminologie.

Responsibilities

• Verfassen von Klinikbriefen und Berichten mit medizinischer Terminologie.
• Verwaltung der elektronischen Kalender der Berater und ihres Teams.

Skills

Vertraulichkeit

Initiative

Diplomatie

Audio-Wortverarbeitung

Shorthand-Diktion

Education

Abschluss in Sekretariatsmanagement oder verwandtem Bereich

Tools

Digitales Diktat-System

E-Mail-System

Job description

The Senior Medical Secretary provides an efficient and comprehensive professional secretarial service to the Consultants, their Team, and the wider department. To exercise initiative and independent judgement whilst maintaining a high level of confidentiality and diplomacy at all times.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker Sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Job seekers should be aware that not all roles will be eligible for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.

Responsibilities include:

1. Typing of clinic letters, operation notes, pre-operative notes, ward notes, discharge letters, specialist reports, conference notes, and associated correspondence of varied medical terminology, efficiently and accurately through audio word processing or shorthand dictation, distributing as necessary to the relevant healthcare professions with a copy to the patient.
2. Sending and receiving confidential patient information to and from other healthcare organisations, patients, carers, and relatives.
3. Managing paper-based or electronic diaries for the Consultant and their Team.
4. Processing incoming mail.
5. Ensuring all referrals and internal referrals are passed to the appropriate Booking Team.
6. Dealing with telephone calls into the hospital as a first point of contact.
7. Regularly checking the digital dictating system for urgent work and prioritising workload.

Important: Your application form must include a complete record of your employment history. Please explain any gaps in your employment/education history and reasons for these gaps. The Trust maintains the right to withdraw an employment offer or terminate employment if it is later found that an application for employment contained false, misleading, or inaccurate information.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.

The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHSFT embraces diversity, equality, and inclusion. We are committed to ensuring disabled workers aren't disadvantaged when applying for and doing their jobs and offer an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised post. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

Here at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Trust, we are very proud of our reputation for providing outstanding care to our patients. Our continued success is accomplished through the skills and expertise of our staff, which is underpinned by our values: Friendly, Caring, Excellence, Professional, and Respect.

If your values align with ours, and you would like to join us in aspiring to deliver world-class patient care, we would love to hear from you.