Senior Medical Secretary

Part Time Post
- 30 Hours Per Week

To provide an effective and efficient Senior Medical Secretary role to named Consultants within the Trauma & Orthopaedic service.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a proactive and enthusiastic individuals to join the medical secretarial team in the Surgery, GI and Critical Care Division at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.

As a team player you will be responsible for providing a full secretarial service to the Trauma & Orthopaedic department within the Division. The post holder will be required to use computerised systems such as PAS (Patient Administration System) Advantis and the Winscribe Digital dictation system.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union
- for local financial advice

Main

**Responsibilities**:

- To provide senior medical secretarial service directly to named Consultants.
- To ensure RTT (18 week pathway) status is recorded accurately and is up to date.
- To collate information for clinical audits if required.
- To undertake medical audio/copy typing duties including outpatient letters to General Practitioners and any other official correspondence i.e reports.
- Arranging appointments as required.
- Be responsible for arranging special tests requested by the Consultant or Junior Medical Staff.
- To be responsible for and collation of investigation results.
- Responsible for obtaining relevant investigation results from PACS and Intranet result service.
- To deal with day to day incoming mail, assigning priority and/or taking any necessary action without reference to Consultant staff if necessary and within remit.
- To ensure patient pathways are updated as appropriate.
- To respond to enquiries received from GP’s and other Health Personnel, patients and relatives.
- To maintain patient records and track notes electronically in a manner acceptable to the Trust.
- Engage in the use of Evolve and all other electronic patient notes system.
- To observe absolute confidentiality of all information obtained in the course of your work.
- To liaise with Health Records/Appointments staff regarding outpatient clinic numbers, urgent appointments and Consultant/Junior Medical Staff annual leave.
- To actively participate in the introduction of and use of information technology.
- To cover, as practical, other secretarial team members absences.
- To undertake any other duties as may be required as appropriate by the Consultant or line manager in accordance to the needs of the service.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.