Respiratory Medical Secretary

Job overview

Are you a self-motivated, independent and resourceful individual?  Are you a hard-working individual with a positive approach in providing an excellent customer service? Can you make a difference?

Can you provide secretarial and administrative support to our Medical Consultants?

If so then we need YOU!

You will be responsible for: -    Typing clinical correspondence -    Providing comprehensive secretarial support and assistance -    Medical audio typing

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Respiratory Department for an experienced secretary to join our existing administrative team. We are looking for individuals ideally with medical secretarial experience in a hospital or clinical environment that are able to work both within busy teams and on their own initiative. The post is full time.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated individual with excellent typing, organisational and interpersonal skills. The successful candidate will work closely with the administrative and clinical teams. You should have a professional attitude towards work and have the ability to work flexibly in a busy environment.

Main duties of the job

The key aspect of your role involves dealing with the public and professionals. You must therefore be able to demonstrate good interpersonal skills. Your duties will include using the digital dictation system, clinic preparation, liaising with patients, general practitioners and referring hospitals.

Our administrative staff provide essential support to clinical teams striving to ensure the patients’ experience is what we would expect for our own family and friends. Because we understand and value the contribution of administrative staff in our teams we invest in training and development to make sure our staff are equipped with the right skills and knowledge to cope with the demands of the role.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide a full range of medical secretarial services to Consultant’s and their team. Manage own workload and demonstrate efficient organisation. To work autonomously within a team, providing full organisational support to the Consultant’s and their team. To ensure procedures and working practices are in place so that the speciality and Trust can deliver a service that meets the standards and targets that have been set. To provide a considerate, patient focussed service in all dealings with patients and with staff around the hospital and throughout the whole system.