Medical Secretary - Spinal Surgery

Job overview

The Spinal Surgery Department is looking for an experienced secretary to join its busy secretarial team.

We are looking for someone with an approachable, helpful, flexible attitude who enjoys working as part of a team. You should also have good communication skills, administrative and organisational skills and be able to produce accurate audio typing and respond to ad hoc queries and deadlines effectively.

Main duties of the job

• Working with the Epic EPR system to monitor patient pathways working to nationally targets.
• Responsible for the co-ordination of the administrative functions relating to the admission of patients into hospital for surgery, ensuring waiting lists are up to date and theatre lists are fully utilised.
• Add patients to the relevant in-patient and day-case waiting lists on the Patient Administration System; planning and maintaining the waiting list in accordance with the Patient Access Policy and Trust procedures.
• Management and validation of patients 18-week Referral to Treatment pathways working closely with the Operations Coordinator and validation team.
• Answering queries from patients and directing them where necessary.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.