Job summary
- Main area
- Administrative and Clerical
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 434-SCS6369043
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wycombe Hospital
- Town
- High Wycombe
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Medical Secretary - Clinical Haematology
Band 3
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a Medical Secretary for the Haematology department at Wycombe Hospital.
You should be able to work as part of a team as well as being able to use your initiative and prioritise workloads to achieve deadlines. You will need to have good communication skills; essential when liaising with consultants, doctors and nursing teams, patients and other secretarial staff within both the hospital and GP practices. You must also have competent audio typing skills to ensure clinic letters are composed in a timely manner.
We offer a supportive, exciting and challenging work environment. We will support you in development of your skills and any additional training needs in order to fulfil the role more effectively.
There is a requirement that you will need to work all day on Fridays.
Main duties of the job
To provide a comprehensive and quality medical secretarial service to a team of consultants and associated supporting clinical staff, supporting the efficiency of front-line services. To provide support to your team members and have an organised view of clinics to feedback to the team leader.
Co-ordinate referrals and new appointments and liaise sensitively with patients.
Provide first point of contact to the Consultants office, requiring emotional resilience for the sensitive nature of the department and organisational skills needed to co-ordinate visiting consultant workload.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are internal there is the option for secondment. All applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
Person specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE standard including English and maths / computer studies or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- RSA II typing or equivalent
- Knowledge of medical terminology is highly desirable (AMSPAR).
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Experience of managing a discrete body of work to ensure timescales are met.
- Experience of word processing and audio-typing
- Ability to work with highly confidential data, and to maintain patient confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within The NHS/GP Practice
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office products
- Excellent written and telephone communication skills, to enable liaison with staff at all levels
- Ability to organize and prioritise busy workload
- Able, and happy, to work as part of a team.
- Knowledge of Trust Information Systems, e.g. CRS.
- Ability to travel between Trust hospitals and other Trusts within the Thames Valley Cancer Network to attend Network and MDT meetings and training.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Data Protection Act, 1998 and other Trust Policies and Procedures
- Ability to cover the duties of other secretarial staff within the department.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Aleya Begum
- Job title
- Admin Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07856465046
- Additional information
For more information please contact Aleya Begum on 07856465046
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