Medical Secretary

2 weeks ago


Rotherham, United Kingdom The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Medical Secretary within the General Surgery Department. We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual.

We are looking for someone with the following attributes to join our team:

Hard working and self-motivated Ability to work under pressure in order to meet deadlines Excellent communication skills Computer literate with excellent keyboard skills Good team player

Main duties of the job

You will provide an efficient secretarial service to the General Surgery Consultants. As a Medical Secretary you will work alongside other Medical Secretary colleagues to ensure that clinical correspondence is produced within acceptable timescales. You will act as a main point of contact for patients and medical staff on behalf of the Consultants and their teams, ensuring all queries are answered with skill, sensitivity and in a courteous, caring and professional manner. It will be essential that you are able to work using your own initiative compatible with the role and that you maintain confidentiality at all times.

You will be required to carry out all duties in such a way as to make a direct and positive contribution to both patients and our department.

Having recent experience of working as Medical Secretary or similar in a busy office environment, ideally within the NHS is required.

You should have a good command of English, possess excellent typewriting/word processing skills.

You should be able to use a PC and standard software packages including Outlook, Microsoft Word and Excel.

You should have experience in minute taking. Medical terminology would be an advantage, and good inter-personal skills and an ability to prioritise your workload are required.

About us

The RotherhamNHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving ourlocal population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act theright way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities ofRotherham.

As a Trust weare on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart ofeverything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are thesecond most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as aplace to work?, and were one of the most improved for staff engagementoverall.

But dont justtake our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations forour Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people andrecognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives ofpatients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making.

All of our5,100 colleagues are key to our improvement journey, and we are continuing to improveour services by upholding the Trusts values of Ambitious, Caring and Together.If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join uson our journey to excellence.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specificationfor the full details about the role and the responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE English (or equivalent), Grade C or above

Experience

Essential

Current experience of Microsoft word processing and spreadsheet packages Experience using data bases Excellent typing skills

Desirable

Experience working as a medical secretary including medical audio transcription Experience of Meditech Previous experience in the organisation of minutes, including minute taking and the typing of minutes and agenda

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of the Data Protection Act
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