Senior Medical Secretary

NHS; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in the West Midlands is seeking a skilled medical secretary to provide professional support to General Surgery consultants. Responsibilities include being the first point of contact for patients, typing clinic letters, arranging tests, and managing diaries. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications, including a GCSE in English and medical terminology knowledge. The role supports flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• English Language GCSE Grade C or equivalent.
• AMSPAR or Medical Terminology qualification.
• Medical secretary experience required.

Responsibilities

• First point of contact for patients.
• Typing clinic and admin letters.
• Arranging tests and following up results.
• Diary management.

Skills

Communication

Typing

Diary management

Microsoft Office

Medical terminology knowledge

Education

English Language GCSE Grade C or equivalent

AMSPAR or Medical Terminology qualification

Tools

PAS/Clinical Web Portal

Dragon dictation system

Job description

Working in a busy, open plan office, you will use your work experience to provide professional medical secretarial support to General Surgery consultants.

Main duties of the job

Being first point of contact for patients.

Typing clinic and admin letters using Trust digital dictation software

Arranging tests and following up results

Arranging appointments and booking clinic rooms

Cashing up clinics

Liaising with other NHS providers and other health and social care organisations

Working closely with consultants

Diary management

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Job responsibilities

See job description attached for a detailed breakdown of main responsibilities and person specification

Person Specification

Education

• English Language GCSE Grade C or equivalent
• AMSPAR or Medical Terminology qualification

Experience

• Medical secretary experience
• Working knowledge and Experience of Microsoft office
• NHS experience working in an administrative role
• Medical support secretary experience
• Working knowledge of PAS/Clinical Web Portal/Dragon dictation system

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.