Support Medical Secretary

Job overview

Support Medical Secretary

Band 3 - full time positions

Permanent post

We are looking for an enthusiastic, hard-working candidate to join our busy, multidisciplinary team within Cardiology.

We have a lovely team who have extensive knowledge working under cardiology, working within the department for multiple years.

Within the department you will gain a lot of valuable experience, that can be taken forward for your future career in the NHS.

You will provide effective and efficient support medical secretary service to named consultants within cardiology/Respiratory service.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a personal assistant and medical secretarial service directly to named Consultants under the medicine business group.
• To collate information for clinical audits if required
• To undertake medical audio/copy typing duties including outpatient letters to General Practitioners and any other official correspondence i.e reports
• To be responsible for and collation of investigation results
• Responsible for obtaining relevant investigation results from PACS and Intranet result service.
• To deal with day-to-day incoming mail, assigning priority and/or taking any necessary action without reference to consultant staff if necessary and within remit  To ensure patient pathways are updated as appropriate.
• To respond to enquiries received from GP’s and other Health Personnel, patients and relatives
• To maintain patient records and track notes electronically in a manner acceptable to the Trust
• Engage in the use of Evolve and all other electronic patient notes system
• To observe absolute confidentiality of all information obtained in the course of your work
• To liaise with Health Records/Appointments staff regarding outpatient clinic numbers and urgent appointments
• To actively participate in the introduction of and use of information technology
• To cover, as practical, other secretarial team members absences

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Important Notice on Visa Sponsorship Eligibility

Please note that whilst the trust does offer sponsorship this role is unfortunately not eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Health and Care Worker or Skilled Worker visa route. This is due to the position not meeting the minimum salary threshold of £41,700 per annum and/or the required skill level set by UK Visas and Immigration.

We appreciate your interest in this opportunity and encourage applications from candidates who already have the right to work in the UK.