Support Medical Secretary Acute Medicine

1 month ago


Blackpool, United Kingdom Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic, well-motivated person to provide administration and secretarial support within Acute Medicine. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential, as is the ability to work within a team and use your own successful applicant should be computer literate with an understanding of Word, Excel, Outlook, HISS and Nexus. The ability to undertake clinical transcription from digital dictation. The successful applicant would be expected to provide cover for the medical secretaries, this will include answering telephone calls, consultant/doctors admin, emails, post, retrieval of case notes, and filing of clinical flexible, friendly approach is essential to this roleWhen applying for this position, it is essential that you read the job description and person specification. Please use the supporting information space to demonstrate your ability to undertake this role, drawing on your skills, knowledge and experience.

If a high number of applications are received the post may close earlier than advertised.

Main duties of the job

The role of the support secretary is to provide a comprehensive secretarial, administration and information service to the Consultants in respect of their NHS work and to the supporting medical team. The role is in relation to Acute Medicine, working with the medical and nursing team, and comprises a wide range of specific duties and requires competence in word processing, keyboard skills, typing from transcription, data processing, information technology, communication, and organisational skills. An essential part of the role is the ability to manage and prioritise own workload without direct supervision.

About us

Blackpool Victoria Hospital, or BVH, as it is known locally, is a medium sized NHS District General Hospital (DGH).The hospital comprises the major element of secondary health care within the wider combined acute and community trust that is the "Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust".The "Victoria" site of the hospital has around 900 beds which provide care for Acute Medicine in its wider terms and DGH Surgical specialties, including among others, General Surgery, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Urology and Gynaecology. There is a Women and Children's Unit including both Consultant lead and Midwife lead maternity

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description for more details.

The Support Medical Secretary will provide administrative and secretarial services to consultants and their clinical teams within the Division of Integrated Medicine and Patient Flow.

The post holder will be required to work with other medical secretaries and provide cross cover during periods of staff absence.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

Education of 5 GCSE's grades A-C or equivalent - including English A good command of the English Language ECDL or IT Qualification

Desirable

NVQ Level 3 Business

Skills and Ability

Essential

Good audio typing skills Good literacy and numerical skills Excellent organisational skills Ability to follow instruction and procedures Ability to work unsupervised Ability to work under pressure Willingness to be flexible to meet the demands of the service Diplomatic and tactful when dealing with members of the public Efficient and enthusiastic Must be able to use own initiative

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

Computer Literate with experience of MS office software Substantial experience of working in a clerical/ /secretarial / admin role

Desirable

Experience of communicating with the public Advanced IT skills with working knowledge of the Trust's PAS and Maxims system Medical terminology experience Previous NHS experience
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