Medical Secretary

5 days ago


Gateshead, United Kingdom Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Applications are invited from hard working and organised individuals to provide a high quality secretarial and administrative service based within the Anaesthetic, Critical Care and Pain Management Department within the surgical Business Unit based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

You should have previous secretarial/administrative experience, preferably within an acute medical setting. Good written and verbal communication skills are essential together with good organisational and planning skills. You should possess RSA/OCR II in Text/Word Processing or have the equivalent level of experience. You should also have knowledge of a range of secretarial procedures and software programmes. A working knowledge of CareFlow(Patient Administration System) is also desirable. You should also have an understanding of medical terminology. NVQ Level II in Business Administration or equivalent experience is essential. An Audio typing certificate or relevant experience is desirable.

The post holder will be expected to prioritise their work on a daily basis using a significant amount of initiative and discretion in the discharge of all duties.

Duties will include typing of clinical correspondence. Co-ordinating multi
- disciplinary team meetings, booking appointments, data collection and filing of orphan data. You will also be expected to retrieve case notes and record patient activity and outcomes on Careflow.

Based in the North East of England, Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust provide a range of hospital and community health services from a range of sites/facilities including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital. The Trust also supports services across a wider geographical area such as our screening services and our tertiary specialist services, such Gynaeoncology.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved high levels of care for patients.
As a group we employ around 4,200 staff and currently provide 600 hospital beds across Gateshead. Our primary focus is on providing excellent general health services to our local community complemented by key specialist areas including Gynaecology, maternity, palliative care and old age psychiatry.

Please see the attached job description for more further detailed information about the responsibilities of the role.


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