Team Medical Secretary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Leeds; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust in Leeds General Infirmary is recruiting a Medical Secretary within Trauma & Orthopaedics. You will provide efficient secretarial support to the service, enabling patients to move through their pathway in line with national waiting time standards.

The post holder will work independently and as part of a team, exercising judgement to prioritise and co-ordinate workload, support Consultants and medical teams, and contribute to improving the patient experience

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and highly motivated Medical Secretary providing efficient secretarial support to the Trauma & Orthopaedic service.
• A key role in supporting patients through the 18-week pathway or national waiting time standards.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, prioritising and coordinating workload.

Responsibilities

• Turn around clinical correspondence promptly to keep patients moving through their pathway.
• Work with Consultants and medical teams.
• Manage workload in line with departmental requirements or as identified by Senior Medical Secretary.
• Handle patient enquiries.
• Ensure next steps are in the pipeline to keep pathways moving.

Skills

Medical Secretary

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Job description

Job Summary

We are looking to recruit for a Medical Secretary post within Trauma & Orthopaedics at the Leeds General Infirmary.

Job Description

For questions about this job, contact:

Name: Kirsty Corby

Position: Patient Services Co-Ordinator

Email: [e-mail]

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Job Summary

We are looking to recruit for a Medical Secretary post within Trauma & Orthopaedics at the Leeds General Infirmary.

We require an enthusiastic and highly motivated Medical Secretary, who can provide efficient secretarial support to the Trauma & Orthopaedic service, in delivering high quality care to the patients of Leeds and beyond. This role will additionally make a key contribution in improving the patient experience by supporting Directorate teams with the movement of patients through their 18-week pathway or other national waiting time standards as appropriate.

You will be expected to work independently and as part of a team, exercising judgement and taking initiative to prioritise and co-ordinate your own workload.

Why you should join our Team

The successful candidate will need to have excellent communication skills, be extremely organised and have exemplary secretarial/administrative skills. This role is very busy and demanding, with competing demands and deadlines to meet. We require an individual who is able to work on their own initiative and also as part of a wider team, who is willing to work flexibly across teams as and when needed.

What you will bring to the role

The Post-holder Will

• Work as part of a team to ensure that all clinical correspondence is turned around in a timely manner to allow patients to move through their pathway without any delays
• Work with Consultants and their medical teams.
• Manage their workload in line with departmental requirements or as identified by the Senior Medical Secretary.
• Deal with patient enquiries.
• Play a key role in ensuring that patients move systematically through their pathways by ensuring that the next steps are in the pipeline.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are…

• Responsible
• Open and Honest
• One Team
• Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose:

Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our Priorities

• People
• Improvement and Innovation
• Partnerships
• Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.