Support Medical Secretary inBirmingham inBirmingham PUBLISHED 15 NOV 2024
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An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Large Joints Services admin team at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for a Support Medical Secretary.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual to support the Large Joints medical secretaries. The successful candidate will need to have excellent organisation skills, initiative, and good prioritisation skills.
The position provides the opportunity to work within a very supportive and welcoming team and to further develop your knowledge and skills.
You will need to be educated to GCSE level (or equivalent), have strong audio typing and should be proficient in using all aspects of Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Outlook.
To provide full and comprehensive assistant medical secretarial cover to support the Clinicians and Medical Secretarial department.
Ensure all routine clinical information and correspondence is up to date and available when required.
About usTo provide full and comprehensive assistant medical secretarial cover to support the Clinicians and Medical Secretarial department.
Ensure all routine clinical information and correspondence is up to date and available when required.
MAIN
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide a comprehensive assistant secretarial service to clinicians and clinical teams in conjunction with the Senior Team Secretaries.
- To deputise for the Personal Medical Secretaries on an ad hoc basis, for annual and sick leave.
- To assist/deputise for the Personal Medical Secretaries on an ad hoc basis regarding admissions, waiting lists, ad hoc ward attenders and cancellations ensuring hospital policies are adhered to, with appropriate training.
- Receive phone calls from patients, relatives and GPs. Ensure they are dealt with in a timely manner or passed to the appropriate Secretary as required, maintaining the highest possible customer care at all times.
- Communicate with other sections within patient access and other departments as required.
- Type clinics and reports into PAS/CRIS system as requested by the Personal Medical Secretaries.
- Liaise with hospitals and GP surgeries for information.
- Photocopying and faxing documents as required
- To open and distribute post, prioritising any urgent post and ensuring relevant documentation is attached. In addition to acting promptly and appropriately to all e-mail correspondence.
- Track case notes in and out of departments.
- Ensure loose filing is amalgamated with case notes within the department or health records.
- Liaise with appropriate staff in making routine appointments or cancellations as directed by the Personal Medical Secretaries.
- Supports Team Leader to induct and support junior members of the team
This is not an exhaustive list of duties and a regular review will take place with the post holder as part of their ongoing development and performance management.
Full job description added as a supporting document.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Large Joints Services admin team at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for a Support Medical Secretary.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual to support the Large Joints medical secretaries. The successful candidate will need to have excellent organisation skills, initiative, and good prioritisation skills.
The position provides the opportunity to work within a very supportive and welcoming team and to further develop your knowledge and skills.
You will need to be educated to GCSE level (or equivalent), have strong audio typing and should be proficient in using all aspects of Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Outlook.
To provide full and comprehensive assistant medical secretarial cover to support the Clinicians and Medical Secretarial department.
Ensure all routine clinical information and correspondence is up to date and available when required.
About us
To provide full and comprehensive assistant medical secretarial cover to support the Clinicians and Medical Secretarial department.
Ensure all routine clinical information and correspondence is up to date and available when required.
MAIN
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide a comprehensive assistant secretarial service to clinicians and clinical teams in conjunction with the Senior Team Secretaries.
- To deputise for the Personal Medical Secretaries on an ad hoc basis, for annual and sick leave.
- To assist/deputise for the Personal Medical Secretaries on an ad hoc basis regarding admissions, waiting lists, ad hoc ward attenders and cancellations ensuring hospital policies are adhered to, with appropriate training.
- Receive phone calls from patients, relatives and GPs. Ensure they are dealt with in a timely manner or passed to the appropriate Secretary as required, maintaining the highest possible customer care at all times.
- Communicate with other sections within patient access and other departments as required.
- Type clinics and reports into PAS/CRIS system as requested by the Personal Medical Secretaries.
- Liaise with hospitals and GP surgeries for information.
- Photocopying and faxing documents as required
- To open and distribute post, prioritising any urgent post and ensuring relevant documentation is attached. In addition to acting promptly and appropriately to all e-mail correspondence.
- Track case notes in and out of departments.
- Ensure loose filing is amalgamated with case notes within the department or health records.
- Liaise with appropriate staff in making routine appointments or cancellations as directed by the Personal Medical Secretaries.
- Supports Team Leader to induct and support junior members of the team
This is not an exhaustive list of duties and a regular review will take place with the post holder as part of their ongoing development and performance management.
Full job description added as a supporting document.
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