Support Medical Secretary General Surgery

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust; Stockport; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Stockport is seeking a Support Medical Secretary for General Surgery. The successful candidate will provide high-quality administrative support, focusing on audio typing for clinic correspondence. Key responsibilities include ensuring timely patient care communications and acting as a liaison among healthcare professionals. Candidates must possess strong ICT and audio typing skills, along with good educational qualifications. The role offers a salary range of £24,937 to £26,598 per annum, pro rata.

Benefits

27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

Salary sacrifice schemes

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance for loans and savings

Stockport Credit Union for financial advice

Qualifications

• Proficient in audio typing and understanding medical/legal terms.
• Effective in handling administrative tasks and problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Provide audio typing support for clinic correspondence.
• Ensure timely information delivery regarding patient care pathways.
• Act as a liaison between consultants, clinicians, and booking teams.

Skills

ICT/keyboard skills

Audio typing skills

Medical terminology qualifications

Education

Good general standard of education to GCSE level C or above in English and maths

Job description

Support Medical Secretary General Surgery

To assist in providing high quality, safe patient care through the delivery of an effective, efficient and responsive administrative and clerical service which meets the needs of the service.

This will be achieved by working in a supportive team, supporting colleagues, the senior medical administration team and management, to ensure the team provide effective administrative tasks.

Main duties of the job

Audio typing and general admin, supporting theSenior Medical Secretarial team in any activities required.

Open and distribute post to the relevant areas.

Scanning of correspondence.

Ensure that pathways are up to date.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

Job responsibilities

The post holder will deliver audio typing support for clinic correspondence. Specifically, the main duties of the role will involve clinic and results letters typing using BigHand and similar systems.

The role is vital in ensuring patients are informed in a timely way, regarding their care pathways and requires good levels of concentration, proof reading skills and involves prolonged periods of typing for large periods of the day

The postholder will need to be able to understand and interpret functional/medical/legal terms and organisational policies and procedures, working with colleagues to ensure correct process is followed and ensure the smooth administration of patient flow.

Ability to deal with non-routine issues such as problem solving for an area of work or developing alternative or additional procedures primary to coordinate care plans.

The role will be linked to a system that supports departments and business groups to ensure typing is available to cover for shortages and peaks in demand across departments.

Outputs will be measured using a set of performance measures to ensure consistency and high quality, timely service provision.

Act as the link between consultants, clinicians, the booking team and other areas to ensure care is delivered in a coordinated and efficient way.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

Important Notice on Visa Sponsorship Eligibility

Please note that whilst the trust does offer sponsorship this role isunfortunately not eligible for visa sponsorshipunder the UK Health and Care Worker visa route. This is due to the position not meeting theminimum salary threshold of £25,000 per annumand/or the requiredskill levelset by UK Visas and Immigration.

We appreciate your interest in this opportunity and encourage applications from candidates who already have theright to work in the UK

Person Specification

Skills

• Appropriate ICT/keyboard skills/audio typing skills/medical terminology qualifications or demonstrable equivalent experience

Knowledge

• Knowledge of secretarial and administrative procedures and systems

Education

• Good general standard of education to GSCE level C or above in English and maths or equivalent or relevant experience

RTT

• Understanding of RTT and cancer targets and ability to ensure smooth care pathways

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.

£24,937 to £26,598 a yearpro rata per annum