Medical Secretary

1 month ago


Rochdale, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Full time

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
**An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and proactive Medical Secretary to join our busy and dynamic team in Clinical Administration based at Rochdale Infirmary supporting various specialties within the service.**
- You will be highly motivated and committed to providing high quality administrative and medical audio typing support to the clinical teams.**Main duties of the job**:

- You will have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages and RSA III typing or equivalent typing experience.- Knowledge of medical terminology would be desirable but not essential as full training will be provided.- As the role involves dealing with the public and healthcare professionals you must be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, and will have a flexible and professional approach.- You will be able to organise and prioritise your own workload in order to meet our transcription targets.**Working for our organisation**:
The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) is one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. Launched in April 2017, the NCA serves over one million people across Greater Manchester and employs over 19,000 healthcare professionals across Bury, Rochdale, Salford and Oldham. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. At the NCA, we can offer groupwide, flexible multi-site opportunities, as part of our connected, integrated and engaged team. We believe in saving and improving lives and are passionate about driving forward significant improvements to the provision of safe, high-quality integrated health and social care to our local community. If you share our vision, take your place with us.

**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

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