Support Medical Secretary

Job overview

The Community & Clinical Support Services at Southport/Ormskirk Hospital sites are looking to appoint a support medical secretary to provide a comprehensive service with the minimum of supervision to specialities within the division.  The successful candidate would be required to type clinical correspondence from audio across both medical and surgical specialities.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

Applicants must have a sound knowledge of medical terminology and ideally qualified to at least RSA level 3 / OCR typing and word processing or equivalent.  AMSPAR certification is desirable.  You must be proficient in the use of audio typing and Microsoft Office packages.  Training on in-house systems will be provided.

You will need to be able to work to tight deadlines and withstand the pressure of working for a busy team.  It is essential you are able to work on your own initiative.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key duties:

Working as part of a support medical secretary team to support the clinical workforce

Typing of clinical correspondence using digital/audio systems

Work across both medical and surgical specialities to ensure typing targets are met

Provide support to the medical secretaries as required.  The post holder will carry out the duties in such a way as to make a direct and positive contribution to the organisation of the workload