Medical Secretary

We are looking to recruit an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated secretary to join the Microbiology team. The post holder will manage the administration of consultants and designated medical staff and provide an efficient and effective secretarial service. In addition, there is a small administration team to supervise.

This is a secretarial role with mínimal patient contact. The workload consists of approximately 70-80% managing and minuting strategic meetings.

The role of the Microbiology secretary is to arrange and minute strategic meetings and manage consultant diaries. You will liaise closely with Infection Prevention Control (IPC), Public Health and Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) teams whilst working alongside clinicians.

The role is office based at Arrowe Park Hospital. The working pattern is 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm. This is a permanent position.

This interesting and varied role requires the ability to work well on your own initiative whilst being committed to teamwork as you will need to work with others to meet the patient’s needs. This position also requires good communication skills, the ability to meet the demands of working in a busy environment and ability to represent the department with due professionalism.

You will have the ability to work under pressure, prioritise your workload and to deal with confidential and sensitive issues in a professional manner.

You will be responsible for implementing and managing systems for the office/team workload, ensuring work is completed within strict timescales.

**The minimum requirements for this post are**:
- Minimum of 4 years admin/secretarial experience

Diary management

Minute/note taking

Intense admin background

Confident managing a senior’s workload

Organisational skills

Excellent time management

**Desirable**:
Previous NHS experience

Supervisory experience

Audio-Typing experience

AMSPAR Medical Secretarial Diploma or equivalent experience

RSA 111 Word Processing (or equivalent)

Good IT Skills/ ECDL would be desirable

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the Medical Secretary position available with WUTH.