Senior Medical Secretary in Women

To provide an effective and efficient Senior Medical Secretary service to named Consultants within the Women & Children Directorate. To provide support for the team of Medical Secretaries in order to meet trust targets. To support the associated service by ensuring that all appropriate information is sent out and received in a timely manner and recorded on the appropriate systems.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a proactive and enthusiastic individuals to join the medical secretarial team in the Women and Children Directorate at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.
As a team player you will be responsible for providing a full secretarial service to the Women and Children Directorate. The post holder will be required to use computerised systems such as Patient Centre, Advantis, Winscribe Digital dictation system and Excel spreadsheets.
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
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.
**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 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.
To extract data from medical, and pathology information
To provide National and independent audit, providing the necessary information and report.
Planning and Organising
To effectively manage conflicting priorities
Responsibilities for Physical and / or Financial Resources
This post has no budgetary responsibility.
Responsibility for Policy and Service Development and Implementation
Required to comment on, implement and adhere to secretarial / administrative procedures and protocols.
Participating in in-house training and updating of skills as required
Attending at team meetings where required
Responsibilities for Human Resources and Leadership
This post has no line management responsibilities.
Responsibilities for Teaching and Training
To participate in the annual appraisal process
To participate in the training and induction of new staff members
Physical Skills and Effort
To maintain high standards in appearance, hygiene, manner, punctuality, attendance and competence.
To attend mandatory update training as required by the Trust.
General Duties
Hand Hygiene
To assist the Trust in reducing healthcare acquired infections (HCAI’s) all staff should be familiar with all the Trust’s Infection Prevention policies which are appropriate to their role. You are required to attend mandatory training in Infection Prevention and be compliant with all measures known to be effective in reducing HCAI’s”
Safeguarding
All employees have a duty and responsibility to protect and safeguard children and vulnerable adults. They must