Medical Secretary - Older People

Royal United Hospital; Bath; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000

Job description

We are looking for an organized and agile Medical Secretary to join our older people's team. We are a small, but supportive team, working with the multi-disciplinary teams across OPU and Stroke. We will support your learning and development within this role, to build your skills to keep these services running smoothly.

Main duties of the job

1. To provide complete medical secretarial service to include word processing and audio-typing, producing clinical letters and other documents
2. Organization of meetings and minute-taking
3. Liaise with MDT to help organize clinics and bookings
4. Take and relay telephone inquiries in a polite and helpful manner, prioritizing issues and taking action as appropriate

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To work as part of a team providing secretarial support for the consultants and other medical staff in the Stroke and Older People’s Teams. See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this post.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Good IT skills, Audio Typing, RSA Level II or equivalent
• Customer Care

Knowledge and Experience

• Previous secretarial experience
• Previous NHS or healthcare experience

Skills

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Good Communication Skills
• Prioritisation
• Able to work under pressure

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Name: Nikki Brown
Job title: Senior Secretary, Older People’s Unit & Stroke
Email address: [e-mail]