Support Medical Secretary

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a motivated individual to develop secretarial skills in a busy department. The post supports the Medical Secretariat, with typing of dictations and a strong commitment to PROUD values.

Weston Park Hospital hosts non-surgical cancer treatments in partnership with the University of Sheffield. The role requires an excellent team player who can work with initiative, maintain deadlines, and ensure accurate records.

Qualifications

• Excellent secretarial skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Typing of dictations with accuracy and speed.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive secretarial service to the Consultant and medical team.
• Type dictations accurately and manage correspondence.
• Act as a link and point of contact for patients and representatives.
• Maintain up-to-date patient case notes and supporting documentation.

Skills

Secretarial skills

Typing

Team player

Job description

Applications are invited from motivated individuals who are looking for the opportunity to develop their proven secretarial skills in a busy and fast paced department.

Our busy secretariat serves over 40 consultant oncologists, who work both at our central Weston Park Hospital site and at District General Hospitals across South Yorkshire.

This is an exciting time to join the team as we are working towards digitising a lot of our processes to benefit patients and teams.

The successful candidate will need to be an excellent team player and able to work using their own initiative. We are looking to appoint a motivated and enthusiastic individual who must have excellent organisational skills and the ability to meet deadlines while consistently working accurately.

The main duty of the post will be to support the Medical Secretariat in their duties, as well as typing of dictations, demonstrating a strong commitment to the Sheffield NHS Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust's PROUD values.

Main duties of the job

To undertake the medical secretarial role in order to provide:

• A comprehensive secretarial service to the Consultant and the medical team.
• Information to a whole range of professions involved in cancer care.
• A link and point of contact for patients and their representatives.
• Quality and up to date patient case notes which are available.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

The medical secretariat is split in to three teams comprising of Medical Secretaries, Support Secretaries and Audio Typists. Weston Park Hospital is one of only four hospitals in the UK entirely dedicated to non-surgical cancer treatments, and works in partnership with the University of Sheffield so that our patients benefit from the latest cutting edge cancer treatments.

This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for a period of 9 months due to the post being part of an organisational change within the specialised cancer services. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and the management of organisational change.

Please note all existing NHS staff will only be considered on a secondment basis. This must first be agreed with your current line manager.