Medical Secretary

6 months ago


Canterbury, United Kingdom NHS Professionals Full time

**Job Title**:Medical Secretary

**Location**:Kent & Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, CT1 3NG

**Hours**:37.5 hours per week, Mon - Fri, 8am - 4pm or 8:30am - 4:30pm

**Pay Banding**: Band 3 - £12.45 per hour

**Trust Location**:East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

**What you’ll be responsible for**:
Effective management of the patient pathway, including monitoring of diagnostics and booking follow up appointments, adhering to government standards. Escalate issues where necessary. Scan investigation results, escalate any issues and highlight concerns that require urgent intervention. Monitor consultant’s absence ensuring clinics are managed accordingly, following the Clinic Maintenance Policy. Participate in ensuring that Health & Safety guidelines are adhered to. Participate in Trust's quality improvement initiatives.

Manage and monitor patients through their treatment pathway ensuring compliance to RTT, cancer pathways and local waiting time Standards. Act as first point of contact on behalf of the consultant and the Trust and deal effectively with all enquiries from GPs, patients, other departments within the Trust and all other departments, in line with Trust Values. Action all enquiries, effectively, and respond and escalate where appropriate. Manage clinical dictations on digital dictation or voice recognition systems and administer as required. Transcribe consultant admin and ward rounds if applicable. Maintaining an effective filing system, including use of scanning systems. Attend relevant departmental meetings for example:
Team meetings, Admin Forums etc. Prioritise workload to meet demands of the service. Process referral letters appropriately, ensuring they are registered to the Patient Service Centre.

**You’ll learn the following whilst working at the trust**:
1. An in depth understanding of the roles and responsibilities involved in working within the NHS

2. Knowledge of the systems used, to effectively complete your role to the highest standard at all times

3. A sense of teamwork, gained through working alongside and supporting colleagues from all levels, within the organisation

**You’ll have the following skills/experience**:

- Administrative experience_
- Good typing skills_
- Good customer service skills_

**As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits**:

- **Competitive pay rates -** work this week, get paid next week
- **Essential support when you need it
- 24/7 365 days**:

- call us anytime
- **Multi locational**:

- work across neighbouring Trusts
- **Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go**:

- access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
- **Varied working options to suit your lifestyle**:

- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
- **Training and development opportunities**:

- Keep up with the essentials and more
- **Build holiday allowance for every shift you work**:

- your work life balance is important to us
- **Stakeholder pension scheme available**:

- a flexible future for you and yours

**Who are NHS Professionals?**

As an equal opportunities’ organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply.

By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.

This role may require you to show evidence of vocational level 3 qualification or at least 2 years relevant experience.

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**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary contract

Pay: £12.45 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Education**:

- A-Level or equivalent (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Administrative: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 74991



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