Lung Support Secretary in Chelsea inChelsea PUBLISHED THU 7 NOV 2024 Jump to job information section

Medical Secretary role available in the Lung Unit, to help support the Medical PA's and the clinical team. The post holder will be responsible for the provision of an efficient secretarial service to a Consultant team within the Clinical Unit. They will liaise with all colleagues within the multidisciplinary team, and with internal departments and external agencies to ensure the continuity of patient treatment.

The role of the Medical Secretary is key to the efficient management of the consultant firm.Patient access to healthcare professionals and subsequent treatment planning in the specialisthospital setting relies upon well-co-ordinated organisational and administrative support. Therole of the Medical Secretary has been introduced at the Trust to strengthen the secretarialservice, and this job description outlines the responsibilities that the post is likely to encompass.However, a number of the posts differ in their emphasis depending upon the size of theconsultant's clinical practice and administrative team.

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For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:

1.1 To act as the first point of contact for users of the service, and to proactively deal withtelephone enquiries from patients, their carers, GPs and colleagues in other hospitals in aprofessional manner.1.2 To type and distribute clinical and general correspondence in line with Trust standards.1.3 To process new patient referrals within Trust and nationally agreed time frames, enablingcompliance with quality standards for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.1.4 To open and action his / her own electronic and paper mail on a daily basis, and also that ofthe consultant team where required.1.5 To input and maintain patient diagnoses and current clinical unit data on the HospitalInformation System, and other patient-related information as required.