Medical Support Secretary

5 months ago


NewcastleunderLyme, United Kingdom University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Full time

The Heart Centre has opened up an opportunity for a Medical Support secretary.

The post holder will be required to support the Medical Secretarial Team in the delivery of a comprehensive administrative service. This will involve inpatient and outpatient waiting list management for a speciality, in accordance with the Patient Access Policy, communicating appointments and admission related information to patients and carers and typing correspondence within performance targets as appropriate. The post holder will also be expected to cover the Senior Medical Secretary during leave.

Key Areas/Tasks

Communication & Relationships Skills There is a requirement to exchange verbal and written information with patients, staff and carers, requiring tact and diplomacy. The post holder will be expected to deal with queries from anxious patients and carers.

Responsibility for handling telephone and other communications with sensitivity and confidentiality using personal judgement to assess each situation and to deal with accordingly.

To deliver a high standard of communication to build and maintain good working relationships

To deliver a high standard of typing.

Responsibility of the scheduling of appointments and theatre lists for cancer, urgent and routine patients, in line with NHS wait times.

To work closely with Clinical, management and administration teams to ensure the best possible care and experience is delivered to our patients.

To support the overall administration duties required for an efficient and effective service.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

please see above and Job description attached for further detail:
Key Areas/Tasks

Communication & Relationships Skills There is a requirement to exchange verbal and written information with patients, staff and carers, requiring tact and diplomacy. The post holder will be expected to deal with queries from anxious patients and carers.

Responsibility for handling telephone and other communications with sensitivity and confidentiality using personal judgement to assess each situation and to deal with accordingly.

To deliver a high standard of communication to build and maintain good working relationships

To deliver a high standard of typing.

Responsibility of the scheduling of appointments and theatre lists for cancer, urgent and routine patients, in line with NHS wait times.

To work closely with Clinical, management and administration teams to ensure the best possible care and experience is delivered to our patients.

To support the overall administration duties required for an efficient and effective service.


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