Senior Medical Secretary

Full time 37.5 hours per week. Permanent post.

We are looking for a highly organised medical secretary, with previous experience in a similar setting, who will work alongside other Senior Medical Secretaries, to carry out clinical typing, co-ordination of patients' case notes/test results, appointments, assistance with theatre listings, telephone messages amongst other general office duties. The post holder will be based in the offices for Head and Neck services at Royal Bolton Hospital.

Candidates should be articulate, capable of undertaking a demanding workload and must be able to demonstrate a significant level of initiative. Candidates should possess advanced keyboard skills including a high standard of word processing skills to RSA III or equivalent level qualification /experience, also GCSE English Language and Maths grade C or above. Previous medical secretarial experience, knowledge of medical terminology and audio typing is essential. You must be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to prioritise workload. You should be able to integrate well with the existing team and have a genuine desire to provide a quality service to all patients and knowledge of the NHS are desirable.

Interviewees may be asked to complete a typing test.

We kindly ask that previous applicants for this post do not apply on this occasion.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for providing an efficient secretarial service to the Urology and Head and NeckTeam. The post holder will provide cross cover for fellow secretaries when required.

Core/Key areas will include:-

• To provide a full medical secretarial and administrative support
• General office duties including e-mail and computer systems, word processing.

About us

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust provide services across the north west side of the Greater Manchester area ranging from hospital services in Bolton to community services across Bolton, Salford, Ashton, Leigh and Wigan. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Over 5,700 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don't need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.

The Family Division aims to deliver the highest standards of care for maternity, sexual health, gynaecology and a range of acute and community children's services. The Division is a Centre of Excellence for Women's and Children's services and has a credible and enviable reputation. We deliver over 6,000 babies and carry around 1500 gynaecological procedures each year, making us a specialist provider of health services for women, babies and their families in the North West sector of Manchester and beyond.

Job responsibilities

For detailed job description and main responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification for the role, alternative please see contact details below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSE English and Maths
• RSA typing qualification or equivalent experience
• AMSPAR Medical Secretarial Diploma or equivalent experience
• ECDL/IDT or equivalent

Experience

• Previous experience as a Medical Secretary, relief or trainee secretary
• Previous experience in an NHS setting
• Previous experience of tracking cancer patients
• Previous experience working within Urology or Head and Neck services

Skills

• Worked as part of a team
• Ability to prioritise own workload
• Minute taking skills
• Diary management skills

Knowledge

• Knowledge of microsoft packages
• Previous experience of using speech report, LE2.2, ormis, ICE and CRIS
• Medical Terminology

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.