Medical Secretary, Band 3 Oncology

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Full Time (37.5 hours) B3 Medical Secretary position to join our extremely busy yet friendly Oncology team based at Cheltenham General Hospital.

This important role supports the Outpatient Services in Oncology for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

You will ideally have secretarial experience and be accustomed to working in a high pressured yet friendly environment.

As a member of the secretarial team, you must possess an excellent work ethic with proven organisational and communication skills.

You will be expected to take responsibility for the workload of a small team of consultants and support the wider secretarial teams as required and under the supervision of the Supervisor Secretaries.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- Use of voice recognition software to transcribe and proofread dictated letters

- Typing correspondence to patients, GPs, medical staff and any other required addressee following clinical attendance or other patient contacts as directed by the secretary supervisor.

- Typing detailed medical reports for legal use when necessary.

- Take and transcribe minutes as appropriate.

- Diary management, including making appointments, booking of meeting dates and venues, organising and distributing paperwork as required by the clinical team/supervisor.

- Supporting consultant staff by assisting with the production/transcription of medical staffing paperwork, such as references etc.

- Liaising with external organisations for the benefit and progress of patient care, such as Social Services, other hospitals, etc

- Take ownership and responsibility for the workload of a team of Consultants, Dr’s and Nurses

See full Job description for further details

Contact Details

Jennifer Wike (Administration Manager)

[email protected]

0300 422 4029

Laura Moore (Supervisor Secretary)

0300 422 4925