Job summary
- Main area
- Medical Secretary
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 201-24-452
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Impact Building, Treliske Hospital
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 Per annum/Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2024 23:59
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Medical Secretary
Band 3
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, adaptable and well-motivated Medical Secretary to join the Adult Psychiatric Liaison Service. The post holder should demonstrate a caring and sensitive approach to their work along with a good sense of humour.
Psychiatric Liaison is a forward-thinking, PLAN accredited, multi-disciplinary team with the focus on meeting the mental health needs of patients at Royal Cornwall Hospital in the Emergency Department & in-patient wards in RCHT.
Our team provides a comprehensive specialist service to the acute hospital for people who present following episodes of self-harm, suicide attempts and any other mental health related issues, including substance misuse.
This role is a full-time position, working 37.5hrs per week Monday – Friday with the flexibility of working hours between 08:00 – 18:00. We would also consider part-time working.
This role is based at Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro.
Main duties of the job
To provide a full medical secretary support to the Consultants, medical team and the wider team. This includes:
- To maintain confidentiality at all times and sensitivity when dealing with contentious and complex information.
- Co-ordinate and organise action arising from correspondence and ensure prompt and efficient response, as required, by the Consultants and Junior Medical Support Staff.
- Co-ordination with other professionals, outside Agencies, legal staff, Trust staff etc.
- Responsible for up-to-date maintenance of diaries for the medical team.
- Maintain clinic lists to ensure clients are seen within key target times.
- Attend meetings, as necessary, take and transcribe minutes, follow actions notes and disseminate information as required.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good Standard of Education including GCSE Maths and English
- ECDL or equivalent
- RSA III word processing and RSA II audio typing
Desirable criteria
- Previous secretary experience within the NHS
- AMSPAR medical secretary diploma
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage own workload and work independently
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of psychiatric and medical terminology
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Zoe Wyatt
- Job title
- Medical Secretary
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01872 253477
- Additional information
Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from Sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction
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