Medical Secretary

An exciting vacancy has arisen for a full-time Medical Secretary to join our friendly team in Sexual Health Dorset.

We are looking for an experienced, highly motivated and enthusiastic medical secretary to provide secretarial and administrative support to our Sexual Health Consultants. You will have excellent communication skills and be able to work calmly under pressure using your own initiative, with an ability to prioritise work to meet deadlines whilst maintaining strict confidentiality at all times.

The main duty of the job is to provide comprehensive organisational and secretarial support to the Consultant team as well as communicating with parents/carers and external services in the management and delivery of sexual health services.

Your duties will include secretarial support to the Consultants, audio typing of clinical letters and other correspondence, dealing with telephone enquiries, meeting organisation and minute taking, and a variety of other secretarial duties as well as managing the daily workloads.

You will need fast and accurate audio typing skills and previous secretarial experience and experience of working with the general public and or professionals is essential. You must have good communication skills with patients and colleagues at all levels and a flexible approach to your work.

At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.