Medical Secretary inTaunton inTaunton PUBLISHED 18 DEC 2023

Band 3: £22,816 to £24,336 a year  SECONDMENT 

Please see attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details of duties and responsibilities.

The role will be required to provide efficient and effective administrative/typist duties to the Maxillofacial Department at Musgrove Park Hospital (MPH).The team member will also provide Secretarial/Administrative support to the Head & Neck Cancer Consultants and support the rest of the Secretarial Team.

This post requires flexibility and the ability to provide a wide range of administrative and typist duties as the services develop.

Deal with day-to-day correspondence, initiating appropriate responses to provide patients, staff and other parties with required information in a friendly and professional manner.Receive telephone calls, accepting messages on behalf of members of the specialty team, taking appropriate action where necessary.Liaise with appropriate personnel in the team to gather and co-ordinate patient information so this is accessible in a timely manner.Type all forms of clinical correspondence as dictated by clinical staff, by use of audio or copy typing. Produce copies for appropriate agencies, filing copies in correct sequence, ensuring follow-up arrangements are in place, listing outstanding investigations on the hospital database system.Process urgent referrals and arrange appropriate outpatient appointments.Participate in team and Trust meetings as requested.

Please see attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details of duties and responsibilities.

The role will be required to provide efficient and effective administrative/typist duties to the Maxillofacial Department at Musgrove Park Hospital (MPH).The team member will also provide Secretarial/Administrative support to the Head & Neck Cancer Consultants and support the rest of the Secretarial Team.

This post requires flexibility and the ability to provide a wide range of administrative and typist duties as the services develop.

Deal with day-to-day correspondence, initiating appropriate responses to provide patients, staff and other parties with required information in a friendly and professional manner.Receive telephone calls, accepting messages on behalf of members of the specialty team, taking appropriate action where necessary.Liaise with appropriate personnel in the team to gather and co-ordinate patient information so this is accessible in a timely manner.Type all forms of clinical correspondence as dictated by clinical staff, by use of audio or copy typing. Produce copies for appropriate agencies, filing copies in correct sequence, ensuring follow-up arrangements are in place, listing outstanding investigations on the hospital database system.Process urgent referrals and arrange appropriate outpatient appointments.Participate in team and Trust meetings as requested.



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