Medical Secretary - Trauma and Orthopaedics

Job overview

To provide a comprehensive Medical Secretarial service to a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Middle Grade Doctors,  and supporting teams within the T&O  Department.  To work collaboratively with other Medical Secretary colleagues to ensure clinically correspondence is produced and distributed designated timescales.  The post holder will carry out his/her duties in such a way to make a direct positive contribution to the organisation.  It is essential that the post holder should exercise initiative commensurate with the role and that confidentiality be maintained at all times.

Duties:

• General Co-ordination / Organisational Activities
• Maintenance of Information
• Secretarial Duties
• Admissions
• Out Patients
• Manage the waiting list - sending for patients, pre-op, etc

Main duties of the job

To provide a comprehensive Medical Secretarial service to the Consultants, Middle Grade Doctors and supporting teams within the Trauma and Orthopaedic Department. To work collaboratively with other Medical Secretary colleagues to ensure clinically correspondence is produced and distributed designated timescales. The post holder will carry out his/her duties in such a way to make a direct positive contribution to the organisation. It is essential that the post holder should exercise initiative commensurate with the role and that confidentiality be maintained at all times.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake