Medical Support Secretary

Job summary

Main duties of the job

This is a busy office where no two days are the same. You will get immense job satisfaction in helping colleagues and patients efficiently and compassionately.

Key tasks will include:

1. Providing full medical administrative support to the clinical & medical teams including diary management.

2. Appropriately dealing with all incoming correspondence.

3. You must be able to demonstrate good communication and interpersonal skills and be able to prioritise workload.

4. Maintaining the office systems for recording and tracing patient records within the department.

5. Collating and distributing reports/papers for meetings.

6. Meeting administration such as taking and distributing formal minutes, recording clear actions and following these up to ensure completion.

7. Transcribe comprehensive dictation from audio recordings into letters, report, minutes or directly onto patient records.

You will be supported and trained to reach your professional best, with opportunities for continuing development, training and career progression.

Job responsibilities

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.