Medical Secretary

We are seeking a highly motivated, committed, and passionate individual to join the shoulder & Elbow team, which works with both adults and children as a medical secretary supporting one of our consultants and a junior clinician.

You must have excellent communication skills, able to work effectively within multi-disciplinary teams, flexible approach to work, able to prioritise your workload, Work under your own initiative as well as under guidance from medical clinicians and line management.

To be responsible for assisting in the provision of a full secretarial and booking service to the shoulder & elbow consultants and their teams in conjunction with other medical secretaries

The post holder will be expected to work within a multi-disciplinary unit and deal with telephone and in-person queries, audio typing of medical and general correspondence, general office administration in line with the Trust guidelines, booking new patient appointments in line with Trust guidelines and the 18-week pathway (RTT) rules, booking NEW / follow up appointments.

The RNOH NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the Trust. The RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients.
- Excellent communication skills
- Able to work effectively within multi-disciplinary teams
- Flexible approach to work
- Able to prioritise workload
- Work under your own initiative as well as under guidance from medical clinicians and line management.
- Medical Terminology
- Experience in an NHS setting or similar.