Medical Secretary -Diabetes and Endocrine inHigh Wycombe inHigh Wycombe PUBLISHED
THU 12 DEC 2024
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust rC5juByv
In addition to core secretarial duties, the Medical Secretary will ensure efficient clinic management and uphold confidentiality in all interactions. The position requires initiative in dealing with various requests and the ability to support colleagues in their absence, contributing to a cohesive departmental environment. Candidates should review the complete responsibilities and qualifications outlined in the job description for further details.
We are looking to recruit a Medical Secretary to work as part of a the administration team based at Wycombe Hospital.
To provide a comprehensive Medical Secretarial and Administration Service to the Department in strict accordance with GDPR and Trust confidentiality guidelines, ensuring all work is processed in a timely, efficient way.
Provide a full and comprehensive Medical Secretarial Service, including timely audio typing of clinic letters and documents, organize group clinic sessions and general administration required by the Diabetes Specialist Nursing Team. This may involve correction of incorrect grammar and interpretation of different pronunciations and handwritten clinical notes of advanced medical terminology.
- To provide a support administration service within the department. To undertake accurate audio/copy typing (including digital) of medical correspondence and general administration for a team of Diabetes Specialist Nurses. This could include highly sensitive and complex medical terminology with a need for confidentiality
- Use Care Records Service for checking patients in and out, making appointments, tracking medical notes etc.
- To receive and open mail, to action routine/non-routine and urgent correspondence, drawing the necessary items to the attention of the person(s) concerned
- To assist with the daily management of clinic lists and booking of priority patients into clinics
- To exercise initiative in dealing with enquiries from the patients/relatives, general practitioners and individual departments both on the telephone and in person. Reassuring patients (carers/relatives if appropriate) waiting for appointments, test results and commencement of treatment. To take appropriate action where this is required
- To act as part of a departmental team, thus providing secretarial and administrative services as necessary for colleagues in their absence
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For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
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