Band 4 Medical Secretary - Cellular Pathology in Birmingham inBirmingham PUBLISHED WED 19 MAR 2025 Jump to job information section
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, enthusiastic individual to join our friendly, busy secretarial team in the Cellular Pathology Office. The post will involve cross-site working between our secretarial offices on the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and the Birmingham Heartlands Hospital.
The successful applicant must be able to work to a high degree of accuracy and use their initiative to plan their workload providing a comprehensive secretarial, administrative and support service to the Department and Consultant Pathologists.
The Cellular Pathology Department is a UKAS accredited diagnostic laboratory operating within Laboratory Medicine. The department houses several sub-specialities including histopathology, cytopathology, electron microscopy, molecular pathology, andrology, specialist musculoskeletal pathology and a muscle biopsy service, as well as a postmortem suite, mortuary and body repository.
The Department provides a comprehensive pathology service to a wide range of Service Users including UHB Trust, South Birmingham Community and Mental Health Trusts, Private Hospitals, General Practitioners and General Dental Practitioners. A specialist / expert referral service is also provided to other hospitals around the West Midlands region and nationally.
Please note sponsorship is not available with the role due to the salary threshold.
We are looking for an individual who is self-motivated and able to work to strict deadlines with good communication and typing skills. The candidate must be able to demonstrate substantial secretarial and administrative experience and be confident in using MS Office and other IT systems. The successful candidate will be required to handle confidential and sensitive data and have the ability to deal with people on all levels, at times working under pressure and in stressful situations.
Duties will include;
*Typing pathological reports.
*Co-ordinating Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings -- preparing meeting boxes consisting of slides, material, and reports.
*Dealing with telephone and email enquiries.
*Updating databases.
*Handling diagnostic material.
*General office duties.
In your supporting statement please state how your current knowledge, skills and abilities meet the criteria for this particular job. Only applications which include answers to the following questions will be considered for shortlisting;
1. How would you describe your keyboard and organisational skills?
2. You will be required to interact with staff of all levels. Describe your experiences of this in your previous or current employment?
3. The role will involve working to very tight deadlines on a daily basis. Provide examples of having to do this in your current or past role, and the coping strategies used when working under pressure.
Please limit your answers to 100 words per question.
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