Personal Assistant and Medical Secretary

7 months ago

Ipswich, United Kingdom Newmedica Full time

**Personal Assistant & Medical Secretary**

**Who are we?**

Newmedica are one of the leading providers of NHS ophthalmology services in England, providing outpatients appointments, diagnostic testing and eye surgery. We aim to change lives through better sight and eye health.

We care for more than 225,000 NHS and private patients a year in over 26 locations and we’re growing.

**Role overview**

This is a newly redesigned role covering Personal Assistant and Medical Secretary functions to provide full support to the Operations Director and Clinical Directors of Newmedica Suffolk. This post represents a fantastic opportunity to be part of our journey, at an exciting time of expansion.

As someone who is experienced as either a Personal Assistant or Medical Secretary, this role will provide an opportunity to undertake a wide range of duties to have a positive impact on the Partners, Newmedica colleagues, and ultimately our patients.

**What skills and experience do I need?**

We’re looking for someone with previous administrative experience, ideally in a supervisory capacity. And ideally, you’ll have worked in a healthcare environment before, but this is not essential.

**We’ll provide full training on things like our systems and processes, but the following elements will be advantageous**:
**Essential Criteria**
- Proven experience as a Personal Assistant or Medical Secretary
- GCSE in at least Maths and English
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Outstanding attention to detail
- Ability to demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement
- Professional and personable in both appearance and manner
- Ability to remain calm when under pressure
- The ability to use initiative but also to know when to escalate
- Experience of minute-taking
- Touch typist - minimum 50 wpm
- Competence in using a range of Microsoft packages including Word, Outlook, PowerPoint

**Desirable Criteria**
- Previous experience of working in a healthcare organisation
- Experience of working with medical terminology

**What we’re offering**
- A salary of £28,000.00
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- 1 day of birthday leave per year
- A company pension scheme
- Death in Service cover
- Monthly all-stop days (putting a stop on clinical activity once a month, to prioritise training opportunities, team-building activities and clinical governance meetings)
- Workplace pantry
- Continuous Personal Development opportunities in all areas of the business
- Access to a range of benefits including free eye tests, discounted or free glasses, a free 24/7 well-being/counselling/advice service and a retail/technology discount scheme.
- An environment where your learning and development is supported through a range of various learning tools and courses.
- Working with a friendly multi-disciplinary team passionate about improving the lives of our patients
- A bright, spacious and modern working environment, built to the highest standards

Newmedica is fully committed to safeguarding the welfare of all people, irrespective of gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, race, language, religion, ethnic or social origin.

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