Medical Secretary

5 months ago

Oldham, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Full time

**Job overview**:
With demand on our services at an all-time high, the role our department provides has never been more critical.

We will give you:

- The chance to make a difference to people in our local communities
- A mix of both office and homeworking
- A range of Monday to Friday hours to suit you
- Career development opportunities

This position is based at Whitney Court, Southlink Business Park, Oldham.

**Main duties of the job**:
As a Medical Secretary your main duties will cover:

- Medical audio transcription of clinical correspondence
- Carry out administrative instructions dictated in the correspondence including booking appointments via the Booking and Scheduling Department
- Update NPSA16 investigation tracker following transcription of correspondence
- Deal with internal and external telephone enquiries from patients, staff and external agencies
- Undertake routine office duties including printing, scanning and filing
- Organising your workload to meet our KPI’s

To do this we need you to:

- Be able to prioritise your workload effectively
- Pride yourself on being organised
- Have an excellent eye for detail
- Be confident using a computer and Microsoft Office
- Have an excellent telephone manner
- Be able to communicate effectively and manage patient expectation
- Strive to give our patients an excellent customer service
- Be enthusiastic, resilient, confident, and committe

**Working for our organisation**:
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Word processing - Qualified to RSA III/NVQ level 3 or equivalent qualification/demonstrable skills (60+ wpm at 98% accuracy

**Desirable criteria**:

- AMSPAR Medical Secretarial Diploma
- ECDL or equivalent qualification
- City and Guilds Certificate in Medical Terminology, or equivalent demonstrable skills/experience

**Knowledge/Skills/Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Experience of using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook
- Experience of successfully working within tight time frames and to deadlines
- Ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner
- Advanced keyboard skills
- Proven organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload with interruptions and changing priorities
- Good command and understanding of English, punctuation and grammar
- Experience of audio typing

**Desirable criteria**:

- Experience of providing secretarial services in a hospital environment
- Experience of using digital dictation systems
- Experience of medical audio typing
- Knowledge of medical terminology within more than one specialty
- Understanding of the Data Protection

**Employer certification / accreditation badges**:

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