Medical Secretary

**Job Title**:Medical Secretary **Trust Location**:Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust Would you like to be a part of a team that works well together, always there to help each other? If you answered yes, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you. **About the Trust** Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust provide community health, specialist mental health and learning disability services for people across the south of England. They cover Hampshire and one community service on the Isle of Wight. They are one of the largest providers of these types of service in the UK, employing around 8,000 staff who work from over 150 sites, including community hospitals, health centres, inpatient units, and social care services. **What you'll be responsible for**: - Provision of a comprehensive secretarial and administrative service to Consultant Psychiatrist(s), Psychologist(s), OT(s) and all other members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT). - Accurate transcription (either by direct dictation, audio or copying typing) of confidential correspondence; reports, discharge summaries, forms, minutes and any other correspondence within agreed and acceptable timescales - Dealing with incoming and outgoing correspondence, telephone calls and enquiries in an appropriate manner as relevant. Making and receiving telephone calls, both internally and externally, ensuring all messages are taken and relayed accurately to the appropriatemember of the MDT Team. - Daily contact with members of the MDT Team, liaising as appropriate and ensuring accurate information is passed on to the relevant clinical staff. Acting as a link between the MDT Team and patient/parents'/carers' by telephone/face to face, ensuring confidentialityis maintained at all times. **You'll learn the following whilst working at the trust**: - An in depth understanding of the roles and responsibilities involved in working within the NHS - Knowledge of the systems used, to effectively complete your role to the highest standard at all times - A sense of teamwork, gained through working alongside and supporting colleagues from all levels, within the organisation **You'll have the following skills/experience**: - Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written - Microsoft office skills - Outlook, Word, and Excel - Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure - Previous admin/ secretarial experience - Audio typing skills - Medical terminology knowledge **_Depending on the Trust, you may require variable additional certification and 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. **Disclaimer** NHS Professionals manage your data, please see our Privacy Notice on our website.