Support Medical Secretary

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Hartley Hospital, Southport for a caring and committed full time Support Medical Secretary to join our Administrative Team supporting the Community Mental Health Team.

The post holder will provide a comprehensive and professional secretarial support service to an excellent standard, ensuring a high level of accuracy to the Mental Health Care Division.

The post holder is expected to work closely with the services to type clinical correspondence in a timely manner to achieve KPIs.

The post holder will be expected to work with a flexible approach, maintaining confidentiality at all times when dealing with service user/staff information.

The post holder should have a good working knowledge of medical terminology and a willingness to expand on that knowledge to provide support to different specialities.  The post holder will be able to demonstrate flexibility and use own initiative to carry out duties in such a way as to make a direct and positive contribution to the organisation, thus enabling the medical team to utilise their time in an efficient manner.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide a comprehensive professional support secretarial service to an excellent standard ensuring a high level of accuracy to the Mental Health Care Division.

Successful applicants will be able to organise their own workload and co-ordinate workload activities with other Medical Secretaries in the team.

The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills and a friendly telephone manner.

There is a need to be able to work to tight deadlines and withstand the pressure of a busy department and it is essential that you are able to work on your own

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

*** Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities ***