Support Medical Secretary

2 weeks ago


Blackburn, United Kingdom East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

An opportunity has arisen within the Neurology/Renal Medical Secretarial team for a suitably qualified, enthusiastic, motivated medical support secretary to support our team of medical secretaries, as well as providing cover for annual leave and sickness.

You will be based mainly at Royal Blackburn Hospital but travel across ELHT sites may be required during busy periods.

You will be joining a small friendly team of medical secretaries and, as such, you will be an accomplished and flexible team player.

The post holder will undertake a wide range of secretarial, administrative and clerical duties with specific responsibilities including, but not limited to, digital audio-transcription of clinic letters and other correspondence and prioritising post/results/correspondence.

You will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and be able to use your own initiative.

Experience of audio transcription is essential and medical terminology would be an advantage, as would experience of working in a busy, demanding office role.

You will need to be calm under pressure and be able to prioritise and manage your workload, often with mínimal supervision. This is a demanding but rewarding role

To provide secretarial support to the Medical Secretaries within Neurology/Renal, stepping into the role during periods of annual/sick leave.

**Duties include, but are not limited to**:
- Typing and digital transcription of clinical letters, correspondence and reports using Word, Excel, Outlook, Winscribe and other in-house systems.
- To prioritise workload ensuring deadlines are met on a daily basis.
- Receive telephone enquiries with tact and discretion and have the ability to deal with these appropriately and in a timely manner.
- Receive and prioritise incoming/outgoing post, both paper and electronic.
- Retrieve patient results from ICE desktop in a timely manner and maintain systems for monitoring and retrieving outstanding investigations. Filing results once signed by the Consultant.
- To provide general administrative duties e.g. filing, faxing, scanning and photocopying.
- Tracking in/out medical notes. Requesting notes from medical records as appropriate.
- Ensure effective communication with all work colleagues, visitors and patients.
- To cover consultants’ secretaries in their absence.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times ensuring that information is only divulged to authorised sources and by appropriate means.
- Input and extract data from patient administration system (PAS) and other relevant software programmes, which may be Trust-wide or speciality-specific.
- Cancelling/amending outpatient clinics in Consultant’s absence.
- Attend all mandatory training.

At East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 7,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

The post holder will undertake a wide range of secretarial, administrative and clerical duties with specific responsibilities including, but not limited to, digital audio-transcription of clinic letters and other correspondence and prioritising post/results/correspondence, as well as tracking patient's pathways (RTT tracking/SOP's).

You will be able to demonstrate excellent communication stills and be able to use your own initiative.

Experience of medical audio transcription is essential and medical terminology would be an advantage, as would experience of working in a busy medical secretarial office.

You will need to be calm under pressure and be able to prioritise and manage your workload, often with mínimal supervision. This is a demanding but rewarding role.



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