Job summary
- Main area
- Colorectal
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 17.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 153-SU03409
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
PA to Consultant Surgeon
Band 4
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced secretary to join the Colorectal Consultant Surgeons administration team, This offers excellent opportunities or enthusiastic and conscientious people to provide a comprehensive medical secretarial service to consultants, junior medical and specialist nursing staff in an efficient and timely manner, assisting in the organisation of their workload and contributing to the overall success of the service.
Base Location: Bournemouth
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
You will have previous medical secretarial and administrative experience, preferably in a healthcare setting. it is essential that you have strong IT skills, a good level of general education, an extensive knowledge of office, outlook and Teams along with advanced typing/word processing qualifications/skills
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
There is a possible move for this service following transformation (time scale unknown), when this role and base of work may relocate to Poole site. Upon relocation of the role/service, excess mileage allowance / reimbursement will not apply, and any travel between the post holder’s home and work base will be classified as a commute. Any other changes unrelated to this, will be handled in line with Trust/National terms and conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Details of the full job description are attached but requires providing full secretarial support service to Consultant Surgeon and full clinical support teams.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of secretarial procedures
- Understanding of Microsoft Word
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Minimum 4 GCSE’s including English or equivalent
- RSA II or equivalent touch typing/computer skills
Desirable criteria
- Computer qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Secretarial Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with TEAMS
- NHS Experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Magrini
- Job title
- Colorectal team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300019 4586
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