Medical Secretary

**Job Title: Medical Secretary**

**Trust Location**:Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

**Location**: Fir Tree House, Upton Hospital, Slough, SL1 2BJ

Hours: Full time, 37,5 Monday - Friday 9:00 - 17:00

Pay: £14.11 per hour

Would you like to be a part of a team that works well together, always there to help each other? If you answered yes, then Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.

**About the Trust**

We’re a community and mental health trust, providing a wide range of services to people of all ages living in Berkshire. And to do this, we employ approximately 4,500 staff who operate from our many sites as well as out in people’s homes and in various community settings.

**What you’ll be responsible for**:

- Provide direct administration support and diary management for two whole time equivalent named Paediatricians including scheduling appointments, dealing with patient queries and general administration.
- lead on a specialist area linked in with consultant i.e. safeguarding, pre-adoption medicals or children in care or autism pathway.
- Transcription/Typing of medical reports and patient correspondence with voice digital dictation typing using accurate medical terminology with excellent grammar.
- To independently provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support inclusive of referrals, EHCP requests, booking appointments, internal and external telephone calls, sending out correspondence, filing, updating patient records, discharge and archiving.
- Ensure good communications are maintained across the service; being the first point of contact with external agencies/stakeholders/services users/locality.
- provide secretarial/administrative support to the Leads and other SCS staff including diary management, meeting, and workshop organisation, preparing agendas, taking and typing minutes and circulation of papers, as well as typing reports, care plans, correspondence, ad hoc presentations etc.

**You’ll learn the following whilst working at the trust**:

- An in depth understanding of the roles and responsibilities involved in working within the NHS.
- Knowledge of the systems used, to effectively complete your role to the highest standard at all times.
- A sense of teamwork, gained through working alongside and supporting colleagues from all levels, within the organisation.

**You’ll have the following skills/experience**:
**Skills**:

- Diary management
- Meeting administration including talking minutes
- Solid experience in general administration
- Transcription/Typing of medical reports and patient correspondence with voice digital dictation typing using accurate medical terminology

**his role may require you to show evidence of vocational level 3 qualification or at least 2 years typing/ secretarial experience.**

**As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits**:

- **Competitive pay rates-** work this week, get paid next week
- **Essential support when you need it
- 24/7 365 days**:

- call us anytime
- **Multi locational**:

- work across neighbouring Trusts
- **Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go**:

- access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
- **Varied working options to suit your lifestyle**:

- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
- **Training and development opportunities**:

- Keep up with the essentials and more
- **Build holiday allowance for every shift you work**:

- your work life balance is important to us
- **Stakeholder pension scheme available**:

- a flexible future for you and yours

**Who are NHS Professionals?**

As an equal opportunities’ organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply.

By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.

**Disclaimer**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary contract

**Salary**: £14.11 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Slough, SL1 2BJ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Can you commit to this temporary placement for at least 3 months?

**Experience**:

- Medical Secretary: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person