Support Medical Secretary – Breast

NHS; Chorley; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Support Secretary for Breast Services. This role involves providing crucial administrative support to medical staff, ensuring efficient communication between patients and clinicians. You'll manage calendars, organize meetings, and maintain records, all while adhering to high standards of professionalism and confidentiality. Join a passionate team committed to delivering outstanding healthcare and make a meaningful impact in your community. If you're organized, proactive, and eager to contribute to patient care, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Access to development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Pride in making a difference

Qualifications

• Minimum GCSE English and Maths grade A-C required.
• Experience in NHS administrative roles preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide secretarial support to consultants and nurses.
• Manage electronic calendars and organize meetings.
• Transcribe correspondence and maintain records.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Confidentiality

Communication Skills

Audio Typing

Microsoft Office Suite

Medical Terminology

Education

GCSE English and Mathematics

RSA 3 Typing Qualification

ECDL or equivalent experience

Tools

TPRO

Flex

Evolve

Job description

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Would you like to work as part of a team that works well together, always there to help each other and create the best patient experience that you can? If the answer is yes, then we would love to hear from you!

A fabulous new opportunity for a Support Secretary for Breast Services has arisen within the Women's & Children's Division at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals based at Chorley & District Hospital.

You will be a member of a team of support medical secretaries providing secretarial and administrative support to consultants, junior medical staff and any other staff. You will support the efficient channelling of communication between medical staff, GPs, patients, relatives, members of the public and other disciplines within the Trust.

Main duties of the job

You will demonstrate excellent organisational skills, must be flexible in approach, able to exercise initiative and demonstrate a consistently high standard of professionalism, being aware of the need for confidentiality and integrity.

You will be expected to cover aspects of the medical secretary's team leader role during periods of absence, as required by the service.

About us

We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Job responsibilities

• Be the point of contact for all day-to-day inquiries, referring where necessary to more senior staff.
• Provide administrative and secretarial support to consultants and specialist nurses.
• You will often be the first point of contact for patients and clinicians and will be expected to work independently using your own initiative with minimal direct supervision.
• Manage electronic calendars for consultants, organizing meetings and minuting meetings as and when required.
• Accurate maintenance of an electronic diary with effective communication of diary commitments.
• Coordinate meetings at the request of the specialty. This occasionally requires arranging venues and refreshments for off-site meetings.
• Chase progress on all issues with appropriate manager on behalf of the specialty and when necessary to ensure that deadlines are met.
• Maintain efficient and effective administrative systems including bring forward, and message taking.
• Ensure files and papers are available and up-to-date, providing briefings for the days activities, highlighting deadlines and potential conflicts of interest.
• Attend meetings in order to take minutes and produce/distribute documentation as required.
• Organize meetings as required, to include preparation of agendas and minute-taking, coordinating follow-up action as required to ensure that decisions/recommendations are implemented.
• Provide secretarial and administrative support when other members of the team are absent.
• Use databases and computer packages where appropriate to initiate and maintain records and generate statistics for analytical purposes.
• Accurately transcribe correspondence and reports by touch typing from audio dictation using knowledge of medical terminology. Daily use of TPRO (digital dictation).
• Coordinate and liaise with Junior Medical staff and distribute all appropriate medical staff rotas (where necessary).
• Utilization of local or Trust case note tracking system.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Good general education. Minimum GCSE English and Mathematics grade A-C
• RSA 3 typing Qualification
• ECDL or equivalent experience
• Audio typing speed of 60 wpm

Knowledge & Experience

• Efficient use of Microsoft, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email and intranet
• Able to manage own workload and work autonomsly as part of a team.
• Experienced and competent minute taking
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuing personal and professional development
• Previous admin experience in NHS environment
• Use of Trust IT packages ie Flex , TPRO, Evolve
• Advanced 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

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£24,625 to £25,674 a yearPer annum/Pro Rata