Medical Secretary/ Higher Medical SecretaryinMiddlesbroughinMiddlesbroughPUBLISHED TUE 11 MAR 2025
We’re looking for someone with strong IT skills and a knack for effective communication and organisation. If you thrive in a fast-paced setting and can maintain composure under pressure, we want to hear from you. At South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we’re committed to your professional growth, offering robust leadership and improvement training designed to equip you with the skills to shine. This is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to contribute to the success of our healthcare team while developing your own potential. Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply today!
37.5 Hours per week (12 Months Fixed Term)
This role is to work Monday to Friday on site, within the core hours of 08.00 - 17.00 (7.5 hours per day).
Department - Paediatrics & Neonates
Post holders will be appointed at band 3 or band 4 depending upon previous experience as laid out in the Trust's development framework for medical secretaries. The framework provides a clear progression to allow post holders to progress from band 3 to band 4 within the post subject to formal evaluation in role (this would take 18 months to progress from band 3 to 4.
We are looking for an experienced secretary to join the clinical administration and clerical teams at The James Cook University Hospital. The post is available within the Paediatric Department. This offers excellent opportunities for enthusiastic and conscientious people to provide a comprehensive medical secretarial service to consultants, junior medical and specialist nursing staff in an efficient and timely manner, assisting in the organisation of their workload and contributing to the overall success of the service.
You will have previous medical secretarial and administrative experience, preferably in a health care setting. It is essential that you have strong IT skills, a good level of general education, an extensive knowledge of Office and Outlook (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email and internet) along with advanced typing/word processing qualifications/skills.
You will have excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills. It's important that you are flexible, able to act on your own initiative and work both independently and as part of a team. You must be able to work under pressure to tight deadlines and prioritise workloads as well as being positive and enthusiastic.
This vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.
About us
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions.
Your Leadership Impact
Leading Your Team to Success
Service Improvement for Beginners
Developing your Service Improvement Skills
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
- Explore leadership within the NHS
- Promote Trust values and behaviours
- Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
- Equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these three and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
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