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Job summary

Main area
Head & Neck Services
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Job ref
225-DIV1-6386325
Employer
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
New Cross Hospital
Town
Wolverhampton
Salary
per annum
Closing
04/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust logo

Senior Medical Secretary

Band 4

Job overview

 An exciting opportunity for a  Senior Medical secretary  has arisen to work as part of our busy Head & Neck  team. Providing secretarial support for the consultants, junior medical staff in the team with particular responsibility for audio typing  and cross cover for leave as delegated by Team Leader.  

The post holder will be required to demonstrate a significant level of initiative in organising their workload and in making decisions and taking action in accordance with departmental policy.

Main duties of the job

To type all correspondence relating to out patients and in patients, including typing of departmental correspondence, with a low rate of errors and to meet Trust turnaround targets.

Regularly liaising with Team Leader to ensure departmental priorities are met.

Managing consultant’s diaries, booking meetings and taking minutes where appropriate.

Arrange patients new and follow up appointments as required using PAS system and liaison with appropriate departments

Receive enquires from patients and staff, resolving enquiries of a more complex nature and dealing with as appropriate.

To provide cross cover for secretarial team during annual leave and sickness

Co-operate with the introduction of new procedures, policies or technology, including any technology associated with the Patient Administration System (PAS), assisting team leads with implementation

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full detail of role and main responsibilities.

Person specification

Typing Test and Interview

Essential criteria
  • Previous Secretarial Experience/Audio Typing
  • RSA/OCR 111 OR EQUIVALENT
  • AMSPAR QUALIFICATION OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE
Desirable criteria
  • Pas Experience
  • Knowledge of RTT/Suspensions

Typing test

Essential criteria
  • Application Form and Typing Test
Desirable criteria
  • Previous knowledge of Medical Terminology

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerNursing Times Workforce Summit & Awards WinnerStep into health

Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sue Prince
Job title
Team leader
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01902 481921
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