Band 4 Medical Secretary Supervisor - Haematology • Sutton Coldfield University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nBand 4 Medical Secretary Supervisor - Haematology with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands\n\n *Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Medical Secretary Supervisor to join our friendly team and provide full secretarial support within the Haematology Department at University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHH site). The successful candidate will be required to be a key member of the secretarial team, taking a lead role in supporting consultants and their clinical teams by providing a professional and high quality PA/Secretarial and administrative service at all times. Duties include typing dictation, booking outpatient appointments, answering patient queries and managing the consultants' clinics to meet service provision and Trust targets. The post holder will be required to work as part of a team, providing support to cover annual leave of colleagues. The role also encompasses supervision of junior secretarial/admin staff within the office. The Haematology Department is a busy and demanding department that delivers care across Heartlands, Good Hope, Solihull and The Queen Elizabeth Hospitals. This is a fantastic opportunity to for a Medical Secretary who relishes a challenge and is able to work under pressure. The successful candidate will ideally hold the following qualifications; GCSE or equivalent pass in English language, RSA III typing/word processing and the AMSPAR diploma or equivalent. For more information please contact: Nicola Lawton, Haematology & Oncology Office Manager nicola.lawton@uhb.nhs.uk or telephone 0121 424 3703. *To provide a complete confidential general and medical secretarial service for the Consultant(s) and their medical team. To be responsible for the organisation of meetings, preparation of agendas and taking of minutes. To assume responsibility for the daily management of the medical team diary. All work to be carried out on own initiative, without direct supervision and to tight deadlines, in order to achieve Trust standard and targets. *To touch type from audio and / or shorthand the following documents: clinical letters; results letters. This requires an understanding of medical terminology, phraseology and medications, as well as high levels of concentration. Many documents may be of a complex or distressing nature. *Knowledge and use of various Microsoft Office Software programmes including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access (database) to produce clinical letters and other relevant correspondence. Daily use of hospital intranet to provide information for Consultants, GPs and patients on forthcoming appointments, admissions and results of investigations. *To provide day to day supervision to secretaries/clerical officers, allocating and monitoring work on a daily basis. *Provide and be responsible for the training of Medical Secretary trainees. *To carry out any other secretarial duties including faxing, photocopying, emailing, ordering stationery, maintaining and arranging repair of office equipment where necessary. "}