Job summary
Employer heading
Senior Medical Secretary
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced Medical Secretary to join the General Medicine Team. This role involves working alongside a team of medical secretaries, consultants and other health professional. We are looking for a hard-working individual who has great organisation skills with the ability to manage and prioritise their work and others accordingly.
Your communication skills must be first class alongside a professional and friendly manner. You must possess a high level of attention to detail and accuracy with a strong understanding of patient confidentiality and sensitivity is a must.
Main duties of the job
Please see Job Description for full outline of duties
Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five
hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.
If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of managing staff
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to prioritise workload and meet tight deadlines
- GCSE in Maths and English A-C
Desirable criteria
- Previous NHS/administration experience
- Experience of managing complaints
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lorraine Fincham
- Job title
- Operations Manager-General Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07955320821
- Additional information
Available 5 days a week, Monday to Friday, between the hours of 08:00 to 16:00.
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