Support Secretary - Neurology

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

The Neurology Department is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic individual to provide typing support for the Neurology department.

The post holder is expected to provide day to day secretarial and administrative services employing advanced audio typing skills with the use of medical terminology.

This post will provide you with an exciting challenge and give you the opportunity to play a key-supporting role in the development of the Service. It is a busy but rewarding department to work in with a great emphasis on teamwork and achieving departmental targets.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a comprehensive secretarial and administrative service to the triage team within the neurology department.
• To support secretarial and administrative colleagues in meeting departmental objectives.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.

Person Specification

Skills

• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• An ability to communicate with people at all levels.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Required to use a VDU for long periods during the working day.
• Required to undertake prolonged concentration.
• Exposed to emotionally distressing and traumatic situations.
• Ability to use transcription equipment.

Qualifications

• RSA II or equivalent.
• Qualification in medical secretarial studies.
• Possession of ECDL qualification.

Knowledge

• Good all round secretarial knowledge of all office practice and procedures.
• A good understanding of Microsoft Office and Outlook, audio typing experience (RSA II or equivalent).
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Knowledge of the Trust's current Information Technology systems (e.g. Medisec, Patient Centre, EPR, G2 dictation).

Experience

• Significant experience in a hospital setting or similar.

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.