Medical Secretary - Paediatrics

Job overview

Are you an experienced NHS medical secretary looking to work within a friendly, established team and in a flexible and supportive working environment? If your answers are yes please read on…

We have an exciting Medical Secretary positions available, based at Sandwell Hospital working as part of the Paediatric administration team

This Position is for 30 hours per week

We are a fun, friendly team of secretaries, and looking for someone to join us who is also a team player. This position will be based at Sandwell Hospital. We offer flexible working with the option for some working from home days each week.

The key minimum requirements for this position are the AMSPAR qualification, or a minimum of 2 years previous medical secretary experience.

Candidates should also have experience of managing 18 week pathways and waiting list management, plus knowledge and evidence of patient information systems and other relevant IT systems. Personal organisation, great communication skills and the ability to priorities workloads to juggle the ever changing priorities of the NHS are also essential, as is the experience of working in a fast paced environment.

Main duties of the job

Actively managing the administrative processes associated with patient pathways and contributing to the effectiveness of clinical teams (including patient experience, patient flow and waiting list management) for specialty teams.

Co-ordinating, navigating and tracking a caseload of patients efficiently and effectively through their care pathway i.e. outpatients, day case, diagnostics and inpatients from referral to treatment and discharge for Paediatrics.

Providing secretarial and administrative support to Consultants and clinical teams to support the delivery of high quality co-ordinated and integrated care including liaison with patients, careers GP’s and other service users.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on what this role entails.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.