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Histology Secretary Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust The closing date is 18 June 2024 Job summary

 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Medical Secretary/Administrator position within Cellular Pathology to provide secretarial and administrative support to the Histology department.

You will have experience with excellent range of Secretarial/Administrator organisational skills including accurate audio typing skills and knowledge of medical terminology and experience with Microsoft Packages.

You must have a flexible approach to the needs of the service and demonstrate excellent typing, communication, organisational, administrative and interpersonal skills, a good telephone manner. You should have the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines in a timely manner.

 

Main duties of the job

 

The main duties include providing secretarial and administrative support within a busy diagnostic service. You should be able to demonstrate good communication and organisational skills, along with a flexible approach to duties, be able to work in a busy and pressured environment. Preferably relevant secretarial / audio typing qualifications and previous secretarial or PA experience are required. Knowledge and experience within the Health sector would be beneficial but not essential.

This post would suit an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual with good interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team.

Maidstone Hospital, situated in the heart of the Kent countryside, covers a large population and includes the regional Oncology Centre which supports of the Kent cancer network. The Histology department provides diagnostic services for Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trusts, Medway NHS Foundation Trust and Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust.

Consequently, there is a combined Histology workload of around 70,000 cases per year. The department carries out a wide range of investigations including various specialist resections from hospitals within the Kent & Medway Pathology network.

"We will consider applicants without clerical qualifications if they have relevant clerical experience. Applicants without significant clerical experience may still be considered but would be appointed at band 3 whilst relevant clerical qualification is being gained.

 

About us

 

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust's core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients - the first of its kind in the country.

We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.

Would you like to work flexibly?In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

 

Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Standard level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)

At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.

We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace.Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Interview Date: To be confirmed.

 

Person Specification Qualifiaction Essential

• GCSE (grade 4-9 or A-C) or equivalent in English and Mathematics
• Qualified to OCR/RSA level 3 standard or equivalent or have equivalent experience

Desirable

• Knowledge of NHS
• OCR/RSA Diploma
• GCSE Biology ECDL or equivalent evidence of IT literacy

Experience/ Knowledge Essential

• Experience in the use of patient databases.
• Knowledge of the range of secretarial procedures.
• Basic understanding of medical terminology
• Advanced keyboard skills

Desirable

• Experience of working in a medical environment
• Experience of medical databases
• Basic knowledge of Pathology
• Basic understanding of the role of Histology in diagnosis

Skills Essential

• Organisational skills
• Training others
• Proficient in Microsoft word, excel and outlook
• Ability to prioritise work.

Desirable

• Audio typing

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 details Employer name

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Address

Cellular Pathology, Maidstone Hospital

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

 

ME16 9QQ

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